GLBT Counselling

29/07/2026

Hold onto hope

28/07/2026

One of the most painful parts of healing from childhood trauma is realizing how dependent on and trusting you were of unhealthy adults who were both incapable of nurturing your wellbeing and disinterested in your safety.

Whether they were a parent, grandparent, uncle, or aunt, these were the adults you always assumed cared and wanted the best for you. Additionally, they were the adults you needed, as every child is physically and emotionally dependent on the adults in their lives.

To discover during your healing in adulthood that these individuals were actually harmful and unsafe toward you over the course of your childhood is one of the most helpless and painful realizations to have. You were just a child-trusting the adults you knew simply because that's what children do. To learn that these adults were toxic and abusive, and directly caused the lasting trauma you spend much of your days healing from, is both heartbreaking and infuriating.

It's okay if, in your healing, you deeply wish you could go back and save little you from the dangerous adults who were entrusted with caring for your delicate and precious heart. Adults who were mistreating and neglecting instead of fiercely loving and nurturing you. It's so painful to realize that there was nobody treating your small, vulnerable self with the pure affection and safety you deserved.

If this resonates with you, take a moment to give little you a hug and remind them that they are loved and worthy of nurture and kindness. You're grown now, and although you can't go back in time, you can pour love and safety into your younger self.

Quote and Image: .with.josh

27/07/2026

Trauma responses

27/07/2026

Awesome peer group

MeetUps are run by , and offer a space for survivors to connect with one another and share lived experiences.

Date: 1st Monday of the month
Time: 6pm - 7:30pm*
Location: Parramatta Aquatic Centre (exact location to be provided upon registration).
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The MeetUp formally concludes at 7:30pm, but participants are welcome to stay for the next half an hour to further connect with one another and/or ask questions.

24/07/2026

Keep stepping outside your comfort zone.

19/07/2026

Being kind

18/07/2026

Recovery

17/07/2026

Change can be scary. But worth it.

17/07/2026

Angers purpose.

I used to think feeling angry meant I was losing control. Now I wonder how often it was simply telling me that I'd been accepting things I shouldn't have for far too long.

16/07/2026

Complex trauma is often misunderstood.

It can impact the nervous system, relationships, emotions, memory, trust, identity and sense of safety. Many survival responses are the body and brain's way of trying to cope, protect and survive; following prolonged or overwhelming trauma experiences. ​

Challenging misconceptions around complex trauma begins with shifting the question from:​

"What is wrong with you?" to "What has happened to you, and what do you need to feel safe and supported?"

Every conversation that reduces shame and increase awareness helps create safer communities, workplaces and services. It's important to recognise that someone in your life, personally or professionally may be living with the impacts of complex trauma, even when those experiences are not visible. ​

Learn more about applying trauma-informed principles to conversations: https://bit.ly/4whBmh6