The Importance of Acceptance I am a solutions and outcome based therapist, by which I mean my therapeutic goal and philosophy is to help people to move toward their desired outcome. This may mean that I look at past situations … Continue reading →
Is Psychotherapy Science This is a topic which comes up regularly on my training weekends, so I thought it might be interesting to air it out here. There are some in the psychotherapeutic community which hold to the idea that … Continue reading →
The Pain of Indifference I was thinking about a friend of mine this morning when I was getting ready to write my piece today. This friend of mine has a difficult relationship with his family yet he is kept in … Continue reading →
Should Your Hypnotherapist Be Trained in Psychotherapy and/or Counselling This is a question that I have researched and have revisited several times. When I first qualified as a hypnotherapist in 1989, my answer to this question would have been no. … Continue reading →
What’s The Big Deal About Guilt Guilt has been the punchline of many a comedian, however, guilt is not a laughing matter. In a simplistic way we can look at emotions as being a positive or negative. I say this … Continue reading →
The Things That Make Me Different Are The Things That Make Me I thought today I would start with a quote from one of my favourite sources, Winnie the Pooh. When people present for therapy very often they are concerned … Continue reading →
Prince Harry Mental Health Champion This morning I was reading an article about how Prince Harry went to counselling in his 20s to deal with the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales. It is certainly not uncommon for … Continue reading →
Easter Sunday The Therapeutic Pay Off Well we looked over the past two days at Good Friday which represents the death of the old behaviour or belief and Easter Saturday which represents the work and trying out of new more … Continue reading →
Easter Saturday and Therapy To continue looking at the therapeutic interpretations of Easter, we move today to Easter Saturday. For many in the religious community a relatively unimportant day, but if we look at Easter therapeutically, a very important day … Continue reading →
The Good Friday Metaphor I think it is important at the start of this post to say that the purpose of this post is not to rubbish anyone’s beliefs, but rather to look at the therapeutic metaphor in the story … Continue reading →
