Nadia de Castro Counselling

21/08/2025

From Stress to Success: The Grade 12 Learners’ Retreat 🧘🏾‍♂️📚

With .malebo 💬

Step away from the pressure and step into a safe, empowering space designed just for you 💡✨. This retreat will help learners release exam anxiety 😰, manage frustration 😤, and overcome fear 😨 while building focus 🎯, resilience 💪🏾, and self-belief 🌟.

Through guided activities 📝, reflection 💭, and practical strategies 🛠️, learners will discover how to prepare with a calm mind 🧠 and perform with clarity and confidence 💼 when it matters most.”

📅 Dates: 13, 20 & 27 September 2025
💵 Cost: R800
🍽️ Refreshments will be served
📍 Venue: TBC

📲 Register here: https://forms.gle/FvVbyzZ69r1PfpCF7

📞 Contact: 072 544 1028

21/02/2025

Kindness is not about being agreeable to everyone. It's about being true to yourself while extending grace to others.


Being kind comes from a place of authenticity and compassion. It involves doing the right thing, even when it's not easy or popular. Kindness considers the bigger picture, including honesty and setting boundaries when needed.


Being nice, on the other hand, often prioritizes pleasing others or avoiding conflict, sometimes at the expense of your own needs or values. Niceness can be superficial, while kindness is rooted in genuine care and respect.


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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.




Virtual & In-Person Sessions 🤓

📞 072 630 9942 | 063 063 067 9573

📍Midstream Medical Centre

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19/02/2025

Anxiety often distorts our perception by amplifying the danger or difficulty of a situation and simultaneously diminishing our confidence in handling it.


Recognizing this distortion can be the first step in managing anxious thoughts.


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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.




Virtual & In-Person Sessions 🤓

📞 072 630 9942 | 063 063 067 9573

📍 Midstream Medical Centre

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18/02/2025

Familiarity....our mind prefers what it is familiar with. Why? Because it's what we know. We know how, we know when, and we know why. We can predict. It allows us to feel a sense of safety and comfort. Even when it's unhealthy. This is exactly why change feels so scary, vulnerable, and uncomfortable - doing something healthy and good - won't always feel that way


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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.




Virtual & In-Person Sessions 🤓

📞 072 630 9942 | 063 063 067 9573

📍Midstream Medical Centre

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17/02/2025

Cognitive dissonance is a feeling of discomfort that happens when your actions, beliefs, or thoughts conflict with each other.


It’s like having two competing ideas in your mind at the same time, and they don’t quite fit together.


In therapy, we can explore areas where cognitive dissonance might be causing stress or confusion and work on strategies to bring your actions and beliefs into better alignment. This can lead to greater clarity and peace of mind.

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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.




For bookings:
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13/02/2025

Often, I get a client expressing how they just want "to keep the peace," and there's a notorious facial expression when I ask, "But peace for who?"


Sometimes, we choose between the battles within ourselves or the battles with others.


I hope that you remember that the longest and most consistent relationship you have is the one with yourself - please don't make decisions to your deteriment


You can manage your peace by managing your time, your involvement and participation, what you expose yourself to and how you engage with situations and people.


What does peace mean to you?


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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.





Online & In-person Sessions Available

📞 072 630 9942 | 063 063 067 9573

📍Midstream Medical Centre

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12/02/2025

Treat people and situations as they are. Not as you would like them to be. This aids in managing our expectations.


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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.





For bookings:
📞 072 630 9942 | 063 063 067 9573

📍Midstream Medical Centre

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You can book sessions with me using this link ✨

11/02/2025

Heal so you can hear what is being said without the filter of your wound. The pain we carry, shapes how we experience and perceive relationships, situations, and ourselves.


When we’re hurt, it can be hard to hear things without our pain coloring the message.


Healing gives us the space to listen and understand more clearly, without our wounds distorting the perspective


We don't "get over things," we learn how to manage and navigate experiences in more helpful and favorable ways 🩷


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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.





📞 072 630 9942 | 063 067 9573

📍 Midstream Medical Centre

https://www.fresha.com/book-now/nadia-de-castro-counselling-practice-j473ut3f/all-offer?pId=1058362

You can book sessions with me using this link ✨

08/02/2025

Sometimes, we can be too hard on ourselves, holding ourselves to expectations that don’t account for the context we're functioning in.


We often forget to consider the circumstances that shape our experience, which is crucial for understanding how well we're actually doing.


For example, if I've recently been in a car accident, I'll naturally be more stressed than usual. There will be extra tasks and inconveniences to handle, and my capacity and tolerance will likely be lower as a result.

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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.

07/02/2025

Growth and transformation are not always linear but often cyclical


When we revisit experiences, thoughts, behaviors, and emotions , we bring with us new insights and understanding


All contribute to growth, change, and transformation


We are offered opportunities to rewrite narratives and realign our responses


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Disclaimer: This page is only for awareness and educational purposes. It should not be used as a substitute for therapy with a registered mental health care professional. If you are interested in starting therapy, please call a licensed and accredited professional in your area.

04/02/2025

24/09/2024

"Do you have any trauma?" 💭


Almost always, a client will say no and then we continue with our intake session...😅


The echoes of unresolved experiences are often subtle signs - the loud and clear memories aren't the only experiences that count.


Sometimes, it's the unnoticeable, quiet, reactions and habits that tell a deeper story, an unresolved experience.


From the challenge of saying no to struggling in relationships, each sign contributes to a larger puzzle.


Let's embrace understanding and awareness, as we recognize these signs, we open the door for healing.