Alison Winfield

Resilience : Hard-won Wisdom for Living a Better Life - Mindfully Well Counselling Cork This is the second in a series of articles about my favourite psychology books, Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life by Risk and Forrest Hanson. I came across Rick Hanson many years ago, via his books – he was known primarily as a teacher of mindfulness from both Buddhist and scien...

How to Master Anxiety - Mindfully Well Counselling Cork I’m focusing on How to Master Anxiety by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell, who were the two co-founders of Human Givens.

Healing from Scapegoating - Mindfully Well Counselling Cork This is the second of two articles about scapegoating within the family and looks in more detail at the potentially catastrophic effects of scapegoating, and then at healing from scapegoating.

Setting boundaries in a dysfunctional family This is the third in a series of articles about living in, surviving in and healing from the effects of a dysfunctional family. This focusses on the importance of setting boundaries in a dysfunctional family. First of all, it’s important…

The Impact of a Dysfunctional Family - Mindfully Well Counselling Cork This is the second in a series of articles about families and focuses on the impact of a dysfunctional family. Nobody has a “perfect” childhood, but some families function in healthier ways than others. Broadly speaking, a dysfunctional family is characterised by unhealthy patterns of communicat...

Dysfunctional Families - Mindfully Well Counselling Cork My next series of blogs look at one of the issues that brings many people to counselling - handling tricky relationships with families or with individual family members. This blog looks at functional and dysfunctional families.