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I thought inhibition was ‘bad’?: Therapeutic restraint as a path to the self

Avoiding and repressing feelings is ultimately not helpful. Learning to face our feelings and gaining confidence in our ability to manage them is a life skill. Therapy can help you do this if feelings are particularly tough. If you’ve experienced counselling or psychotherapy, you’ll be aware that there is an emphasis on expressing and allowing

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Are you ready?

A question I am often asked is what someone can do to retain progress? For example, why do they keep breaking resolutions and diet plans and what do I advise? My approach is different to most coaching. At the outset we look at the core person, who they are, what their values, expressions and needs

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Is it helpful to talk with clients about the psychological aspects of their pain?

I am a psychotherapist, with a specialism in trauma over the last 30 years, who has long been fascinated with the mind-body link and how we can encourage ease of physical movement with psychological and physical experiential exercises. I am also currently living with chronic pain since multiple abdominal surgeries, cancer and chemotherapy. Recently I

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Dads are cool, Mums are like literally so stressy: Why mothers often get the worst of teenagers

I have been privileged to have been in the position to support many mothers having difficulties with, and experiencing pain in relation to, their teenagers over the years and in spite of being retired from psychotherapeutic work after 30 years of practice, this involvement has continued informally to a much larger degree since retirement within

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