Reflect On Academy
COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING IN PURLEY, CROYDON, EASY REACH OF SUTTON, WALLINGTON, CATERHAM, SOUTH EAST LONDON AND SURREY
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Inspiring Stories, Practical Advice, and Personal Growth
Discover a space where wellness meets inspiration. We’re here to support your mental health and personal development through insightful content and practical guidance. Let Tigris be your companion on the journey to a more balanced and fulfilling life.
The Hidden Friend: Meeting the Shadow with Compassion
We often view our shadow as something to fix or hide, but what if it's a loyal, misunderstood friend? This piece explores how meeting the hidden parts of ourselves with compassion opens a path to wholeness.
Shadow Stories: What We Bury, What We Reclaim
Inside each of us lives a shadow, not just a place for fear or shame, but for forgotten brilliance. This reflective piece examines how our hidden stories shape us and how creativity, honesty, and compassion can bring them into the light.
Reconnecting with the Story Beneath the Surface
A gentle reflection on how past stories shape us, and how we can begin to reconnect with the truer self beneath coping patterns and old beliefs.
Reclaiming the Story Beneath the Surface
A reflective invitation to examine the hidden stories we carry, reconnect with the true self beneath survival roles, and begin gently rewriting the narrative.
Reclaiming the Self Beneath the Story
A reflective invitation to pause and reconnect with the self beneath the stories we’ve carried, stories shaped by fear, survival, and self-protection.
When Praise Becomes a Poison
Image by Jenny McClymont Sometimes we admire people not because of who they are, but because of what we think they represent, success, power, access. But when admiration turns into silence, and truth is swallowed in the name of favour, something deeper begins to unravel. There are times we find ourselves drawn to certain people, […]
Where the Lines Break, Light Enters
Image created by Jenny mcClymont. There are times when we feel stretched beyond shape, like threads unravelled from their centre. This series of images, when layered together, tell a story not of chaos but of the subtle, unspoken shifts that occur within us when life asks us to let go, realign, or wait. Just as […]
When Hatred Whispers: A Therapist’s Call to Inner Work
Sometimes, during shadow work, we are asked to explore those we dislike, those we judge, and those who stir up irritation, envy, or even contempt within us. It's powerful work — if done with honesty and care. But it can also be dangerous when approached carelessly — when it becomes an unconscious echo of societal […]
When Everything’s Pulled Out of Line
Image: "The Break in the Line" (2025), created by Jenny McClymont. Used with permission. All rights reserved. We don't always snap. Sometimes, we start bending. One line at a time, work, sleep, focus, peace, drawn further apart from each other until we don't quite recognise the shape of our days. Nothing's gone dramatically wrong, but […]