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Fe Robinson
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
The two questions clients want answered up front
There are two key questions that many clients want to address when they come for an initial session of psychotherapy, and they are...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
What's your life story?
I’ve had the pleasure of making some new connections personally and professionally in recent weeks, which has felt good after the...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
Therapy activates your social engagement system
When we think of being in danger, the fight/flight response is perhaps the response that most readily comes to mind. Our sympathetic...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 13, 2021
- 2 min
Presence in the therapy room
I had the pleasure of delivering a workshop recently with some Counselling degree students at Bishop Auckland College. I went to talk to...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 13, 2021
- 2 min
The ABCD of Encountering Emotions
Often, what brings clients into therapy is a reticence to experience their feelings. This can show up in all sorts of ways, in low mood...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
Repression, supression, expression and awareness
The opposite of repression and suppression is not expression, its awareness. I heard Andrew Seubert make this excellent observation in a...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
Get your elbows out!
I was invited recently to be playful with my elbows, to explore what it’s like to really put them out and take up some space. I confess...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
The bridge that breath provides
It seems to me we are not one, solid, unchanging being, but rather a deeply interconnected web of life from which consciousness arises. ...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Shine your light this Diwali
The festival of Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists, for each representing something slightly different. ...
Fe Robinson
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
National Stress Awareness Day
We all need some pressure in our lives, it can be stimulating and energising, and help us achieve more than we would if we were never...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
Useful perceptions
“We don’t perceive the world as it is, we perceive it as it is useful for us to do so.” Anil Seth in Being You Seth’s recent exploration...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
Grounded adaptation
“Adaptability does not prioritize drastic change over fierce rigidity. Adaptability is the conversation within us between stability and...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
Being the artist of your own life
“You are the artist of your own life. Don’t hand the paintbrush to anyone else!” I saw this quote online and it made me smile, I’m not...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Re-finding your intimate connection
A consistent theme bringing couples into couples counselling is the loss of their sense of togetherness, a loss of intimacy. I often...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
Having the courage to feel
I was listening to Andrew Seubert recently talking about The Courage To Feel. I liked the way he described feelings, as embodied...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Trauma effects vary
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and trauma responses, are often thought of as being dramatic and invasive. We most often think of people...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Being with your thoughts and feelings, not being them
As I read more of Anil Seth’s book Being You, I reflect more and more on the way we are continually making sense of what happens to us,...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
Shedding your bark
“Like a tree, our growth depends upon our ability to soften, loosen, and shed defenses we no longer need.” Daily OM This quote popped...
Fe Robinson
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
Periodic newsletters
Every now and again I put together a short digest of the posts that have seemed to resonate with people, and send it out to my subscriber...