Dr. Yaz Headley

COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY IN LONDON


Therapy isn’t about fixing you….

Therapy isn’t for the broken — it’s for those ready to understand themselves with compassion. You don’t go because something’s wrong; you go because you deserve care and it helps you move past the pain.

It helps you see the patterns that shape how you love, trust, and protect yourself — not to judge them, but to heal them.

Healing Begins the moment you stop running from yourself.
Healing requires us to stop avoiding our inner pain and emotions. The core message is that while distraction and avoidance once served as protective mechanisms, true healing only begins when we pause and honestly confront our feelings and wounds.
Stopping doesn't mean being overwhelmed — it means acknowledging emotions with compassion and presence rather than shame. In relationships, this avoidance manifests as pulling away, downplaying hurt, or accepting less than we deserve.
Healing is not perfection or confrontation, but as connection with ourselves — creating space to see, hear, and validate our own experiences. The shift from "surviving" to "recovering" happens when we turn toward our inner world with patience and self-compassion, rather than continuing to run from it.
When the shadow moves – Navigating the Shifting Energies
This piece offers gentle guidance for navigating periods of profound personal transformation and uncertainty. When life feels disorienting and you're not sure who you're becoming, it provides four foundational principles to help you stay grounded: stability, simplicity, calmness, and kindness.Written for those who feel their inner world emerging in unexpected ways—especially quiet, introspective people discovering new emotional depths—this blog reminds us that we're not losing ourselves during turbulent times, but discovering more of who we are. It's a compassionate roadmap for anyone feeling tested by life's shifting energies.

© Yaz Headley

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