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Embracing Life’s Mess: Celebrating Imperfection and Gratitude
Life is messy Today we celebrated our littlest Carvalho’s 2nd birthday! It poured down with rain all day. It was chaotic. There were 25 or so feral kids running around the house. The house was crammed. I couldn’t use any of the garden games I’d planned. And yet it was...
Shortlisted for Family Law Champion of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2024
So pleased to be shortlisted for Family Law Champion of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2024, especially alongside some esteemed company! This one is voted for by a public vote so if you a) think I seem like a good egg; b) believe that the worlds of psychology and...
Who was your favourite of The Beatles??
Who was your favourite of The Beatles?? Yes, I'm a Manc (but not the cool kind like Liam and Noel - the kind who is actually from Cheshire but pretends to have swagger)... ....but I've always had a soft spot for Liverpool, home of the fab four. It's a great city! And...
Trusting Your Instincts: The Power of Whole Brain Wisdom in Life and Business
“When you see a red flag 🚩 , don’t stick around for the bunting”… My fab hypnotherapist said this to me recently and it blew my tiny mind. It sums up, doesn’t it, how often we have an instinct about someone or something right from the start. But we tend to override...
What on earth have therapeutic skills got to do with being a family law barrister?
Q What on earth have therapeutic skills got to do with being a family law barrister? A Let me show you!!! One of my absolute highlights of 2023 was providing a day's training for a group of barristers on the North Eastern Circuit on 'therapeutic skills for family...
How do you ‘take’ your therapy?
Discover the benefits of a more interactive, relational style of therapy. Learn how blending counselling and coaching can create a supportive, engaging environment for busy professionals seeking emotional growth, while still maintaining challenging and insightful work.
Scale up your business…or scale up your life
Scale up your business…or scale up your life… ? I’m having a couple of weeks ‘off’ here which, this holiday, has meant driving up and down the country seeing family and friends, whilst managing puking kids in the back seat. But don’t feel too sorry for me…It has been...
What Politics Can Teach Us About Mental Health and Well-Being in the Workplace?
What does politics have to teach us about mental health⁉️ “Naff all!” I hear you all cry. “They’re all crazy narcissists“. You may have a point. But, that aside, I was listening to a fab episode of the podcast ‘The Rest is Politics’ with Alastair Campbell and Rory...
Who is to blame for sh*tty wellbeing
Who is to blame for sh*tty wellbeing? I like to get into the nitty gritty scritti politti (that reference is for any 80s pop music fans out there) of wellbeing with the law firms I work with. Partly because I can’t bear platitudes about wellbeing. “Something must be...
Celebrating our brilliant coach William Dawson
I’m celebrating my impending fortnight’s leave at the end of today. AND…here at TCC (The Carvalho Consultancy), we’re celebrating our 6 years in business towards the end of this month 🎉 So, we’re looking at how we’ve evolved and come together as therapists, coaches...
Insecure Attachment and the Legal Profession: Navigating Anxiety and Work Addiction
When you think of a lawyer, you might imagine someone with unshakeable confidence and meticulous attention to detail. However, many lawyers step into the legal world carrying a different kind of baggage: an insecure attachment style, often characterised by anxiety....
Therapists are (and should be) human beings first and foremost
Do all the years of fancy therapeutic training you want but therapists are (and should be) human beings first and foremost. That’s why I didn’t mind admitting to my clients today that I did not relish my little girl going off to nursery this morning. In fact I called...
Celebrating our brilliant psychotherapist and coach Stephanie Bell
Here at TCC (The Carvalho Consultancy) we’re confounding the conventional wisdom about August birthdays 🎂 as we celebrate our 6 years in business towards the end of this month. So, we’re looking at how we’ve evolved and come together as therapists, coaches and...
Family law should always have been like this
It was fascinating reading the President of the Family Division’s latest View from the President’s Chambers recently published. In particular, the update on the pilot of Pathfinder or ‘problem-solving’ courts in private law children cases (i.e. those funded privately...
What does politics have to teach us about mental health?
“Naff all!” I hear you all cry. “They’re all crazy narcissists“. You may have a point. But, that aside, I was listening to a fab episode of the podcast ‘The Rest is Politics’ with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart. It featured an interview with Gus O’Donnell, the...
Double Award Winners at The Modern Law Awards
Earlier this year, we were thrilled to be announced as finalists for two prestigious awards at the Modern Law Awards. We announced the exciting news a couple of weeks ago that we had in fact won BOTH of them - ‘Best Innovation’ and ‘Supporting the Industry ‘awards....
Anxiety In Young People – The Modern Epidemic
The rates of anxiety among young people are not just rising —they're skyrocketing. But what's driving this surge? Is it a genuine increase in anxiety levels, or are we simply diagnosing it more often because our understanding of mental health has evolved? Is...
It’s a Double Win
In the words of Victor Meldrew, “I don’t believe it!!!!” TCC are Double winners at the Modern Law Awards tonight: Supporting the Industry Award 🥇 and Best Innovation Award🥇 WHAT A NIGHT!!! Thank you so much for all the support.
Shortlisted For The Resolution Family Law Awards 2024
We're delighted to announce that Annmarie Carvalho has again been shortlisted again for the Resolution Family Law Awards in the Wellbeing Champion category. Well done to her nominees Marc Etherington and Ben Parry-Smith and thank you to Resolution and judges....
It’s The Little Things…
As much as it pains my middle class heart to admit it, we have a cleaner. And she does stuff like this (see the picture) And it makes me SO happy Cos it’s the little things, isn’t it? That make all the difference. What’s this got to do with my work training law firms...