A quiet place for noticing change

These reflections are drawn from themes I’ve noticed across my work with clients over time. Details are changed and anonymised. They’re not stories about individuals, but observations of patterns that often emerge as people move through change.

Much of the real work of therapy happens between sessions, in the days and weeks that follow, when the mind continues to process, adjust, and integrate. Change is rarely a dramatic moment in the room. It’s more often a gradual wave that moves quietly in the background, showing up later as small shifts that are sometimes only noticed in hindsight.

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“Change rarely arrives as a dramatic moment. More often, clients notice subtle differences, a pause before reacting, a softer internal response. These small shifts are usually where deeper change begins.”

What I’ve noticed is that these shifts often happen quietly, outside the session itself, when the mind has time to settle, integrate, and try something new without force.