Fireside Chat – Q&A
I recently had an engaging fireside chat which covered several topics of interest. These range from stress in the modern day, managing identity crisis and psychedelics to navigating intimate relationships, and ethnicity […]
Should I Choose a Therapist from My Own Ethnicity?
When faced with the deeply personal decision of choosing a therapist to work with on your mental health, one of the questions that might come up is whether to work with someone who shares their ethnicity with you, or whether it might be counterproductive. In this blogpost, we look at some common considerations, which will […]
How Online Therapy Can Work Better for Modern Life
When some people think of a psychotherapy or counselling setting, they conjure up images of a couch in a room with soft lighting and an attentive, serious looking professional listening intently. If influenced more […]
Intuition, meet Cognitive Bias
Cognitive biases can be described as systematic errors in thinking that affect how each individual perceives reality. Our brains, unfortunately, are not impartial processors of information. Instead, the brain takes shortcuts during the process of making judgements, drawing conclusions based on incomplete or distorted information. […]
The Intuitive Mind: A Guide or an Illusion?
At some point or other in life we may have been told to "trust our gut". However, is the "gut" as reliable as we like to believe, when sometimes it is about a felt sensation promising our safety, while at other times, it is the echo of an old trauma, screaming for us to run away from something that isn't actually dangerous? […]
Uncovering Triggers and Empowering Approaches to Calm Anxiety
In a previous blog post, we explored ways to understand anxiety and some common types. In the following, guest edited by counsellor and therapist Guy Turton, we look at some of the precedents to the experience of anxiety and some common approaches to addressing it when experienced. […]
Anxiety, shame, and sex
Many of us have been taught, implicitly or explicitly, to hide our most vulnerable parts. We live in a world of dualities, where love and apathy dance, and where pride and shame co-exist in tension. Sexuality, as one of our most intimate human experiences, often becomes a focal point for these emotions. In this blog […]
Dancing with Anxiety – Understanding and Overcoming Inner Turmoil
The common experience of anxiety is often not a result of one thing but a complex emotion with different dimensions and precedents. It is no surprise that in modern psychotherapy, many books and approaches have been dedicated to the topic. In my work, I meet anxiety more than any other. It doesn't often arrive with a diagnosis from a manual; it arrives as a clenching in the throat, a heart that wants to bolt out of the chest, or a restless mind […]
Love, Links and Leashes: Navigating the Tug-of-War Between Connection and Independence
There is a lot that can be said (and possibly a lot that can’t be easily articulated) about Love. Through the ages, people from many diverse fields – philosophers, poets, and scientists have shared perspectives on it, indicating how multifaceted and complex a topic it is. As humans […]
‘The Method’ in Therapy
In our previous blog post, we explored the key factors that contribute significantly to successful therapeutic outcomes. This post, our first collaborative work, reviewed by Counsellor Rohan Kenworthy, is on how person-centred psychotherapists can draw from their own experiences and emotions to establish a more effective therapeutic relationship. Therapy, especially when following a person-centred approach, […]
Unlocking Effective Therapy: The Science and Art Behind Client Change
Psychotherapy, being a vast field, encompasses many approaches, techniques, and philosophies. Despite this diversity – and sometimes because of it, someone who is considering talk therapy could face difficulties in deciding which type of practitioner and what type of therapy would be best suited […]
So What if Free Will is an Illusion?
Many people have the experience of feeling like acting out a movie script they didn't write. It’s as if you can see the next scene coming, but you’re powerless to change the dialogue as the words come tumbling out of your mouth. Again. It can be frustrating and make you wonder if you actually have any say in your own life, or if you’re just an actor in your own skin. Current science tells us […]
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