Prevail Counselling Therapy

14/06/2026

An interesting, well researched presentation of the effects of technology based isolation.

It is resulting decline in relationships quality and quantity.

Could humanity die out?

The video is watchable over a cup of tea.

Smartphones and a marked change to our digital media environment ar...

06/06/2026

To learn more about who James Foley is use the link below:
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/about-james

06/06/2026

So who is this guy Janes Foley who runs Prevail Counselling Therapy?

Well if you are curious this question and answer page should help.

About James, the provider of counselling therapy at Prevail, his training, experience and approach to counselling.

18/05/2026

This is the story of a Scarlet Firethorn bush.

Why write such a story?

It is a memorial plant for me of a life story.
A story that I want to remember.
A story that teaches me how dreams don’t always work out.
A story that I need to live by the life lessons it represents.

The shrub is also a tool for showing clients that beauty and pain are often intermixed. The Firtehorn has long, sharp thorns,
It will remind me to handle clients gently. Their pain may not be visible under the display of the nice life they show to the world.

To learn more use the link below:
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/counselling-for-the-thorns-in-life

17/05/2026

This is the story of a Scarlet Firethorn bush.

Why write such a story?

It is a memorial plant for me of a life story.
A story that I want to remember.
A story that teaches me how dreams don’t always work out.
A story that I need to live by the life lessons it represents.

The shrub is also a tool for showing clients that beauty and pain are often intermixed. The Firtehorn has long, sharp thorns,
It will remind me to handle clients gently. Their pain may not be visible under the display of the nice life they show to the world.

A plant in my work space that represents a personal story for me. A reminder to live by learned life lessons and to help clients with their life lessons.

16/05/2026

A dream for our life is a good thing.
Striving to achieve personal satisfaction and accomplishment motivates us from childhood to our old age.
But what do we do when a dream falls apart and is impossible to put back together again?

Accepting the grand plan is over is the first step in starting over again.
Living with this grief for a while is important for allowing time to heal.

For a new purpose and hope, the old life of failed ambition must be put to death,

This blog outlines how to know that a dream has become a nightmare.
Suggestions are given to promote quiet, self-paced healing. How do we know when this has been achieved?
Finally, how are you to kill off the old self and start to rebuild a new you?

To learn more about this use the link below
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/counselling-for-broken-dreams

16/05/2026

A dream for our life is a good thing.
Striving to achieve personal satisfaction and accomplishment motivates us from childhood to our old age.
But what do we do when a dream falls apart and is impossible to put back together again?

Accepting the grand plan is over is the first step in starting over again.
Living with this grief for a while is important for allowing time to heal.

For a new purpose and hope, the old life of failed ambition must be put to death,

This blog outlines how to know that a dream has become a nightmare.
Suggestions are given to promote quiet, self-paced healing. How do we know when this has been achieved?
Finally, how are you to kill off the old self and start to rebuild a new you?

To learn more about this use the link below
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/counselling-for-broken-dreams

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16/05/2026

A dream for our life is a good thing.
Striving to achieve personal satisfaction and accomplishment motivates us from childhood to our old age.
But what do we do when a dream falls apart and is impossible to put back together again?

Accepting the grand plan is over is the first step in starting over again.
Living with this grief for a while is important for allowing time to heal.

For a new purpose and hope, the old life of failed ambition must be put to death,

This blog outlines how to know that a dream has become a nightmare.
Suggestions are given to promote quiet, self-paced healing. How do we know when this has been achieved?
Finally, how are you to kill off the old self and start to rebuild a new you?

When our life dreams fail, it is heartbreaking. We have to accept the failure and learn to live a new life. It is a death.

13/05/2026

This is a copy of a recent ad that has been broadcast by Spirit Radio..

Photos by Trina Mulligan Photography