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Loving yourself is something you do every day, in every moment, for the rest of your life. Self-love is a way of living, a practice, and...

As an outcome oriented practitioner, I am interested from the outset of psychotherapy to know what clients would like to have happen. One...

I ought to. I must. I should. I need to. Other people say I should... She says I'd be crazy to... Any of these sound familiar? If so,...

In recent times the invidious practice of gas lighting has been much highlighted. Gaslighting is a form of persistent manipulation and...

Trust can be a tricky concept. We all like to believe we are trusting, it’s mostly portrayed socially as a virtue. And yet, “Don’t you...

Working with clients, I am often reminded of the power of metaphor. For example, when building awareness of the way a client perceives...

It is a common problem for clients to say they are finding their thoughts negative and debilitating and really need relief from them. ...

There is a very human tendency to believe that if something could just change outside of ourselves we will feel better. This is at one...

We all have hopes, and we all dream. Without our aspirations, life would be dull and flat. They can lift us up and inspire us to...

It is a frequent problem for clients that they feel out of control. In times of change, things we take for granted are no longer so...

I’ve been reflecting this week on the power of the stories we believe about ourselves and about the things that happen to us. It seems...

I often work with clients who have had their symptoms for a long time. It can be easy to think anxiety, or low mood, are unchanging, and...

Life does not stay the same. It changes. You finish a job, or start a new one. You move house. You become a parent. Your child leaves...

I've been reflecting recently on my long term professional goals. It's a while since I've done so, and it was good to sit down and make...

Our body is a manifestation of our lived experience. It reflects our life experience, what we believe about ourselves, what we believe...

I have recently been learning about the function of the vagus nerve. It's the biggest pair of nerves in our body (one on each side), and...

Life often goes at a rapid pace and we can get swept along, moving from one thing to the next without pausing for breath. When you stop,...

At a yoga class recently I was reminded of the importance of staying grounded. As we moved into a sequence of balances I had not done...

On Easter Island, there are a series of big heads that have always been assumed to be just that, big heads. It has been discovered that...

Don’t think about a purple elephant. When you read that, what happened? A purple elephant in all probability came to mind. I’ll bet you...