Sometimes I wonder if there are increasing levels of anxiety around in a post pandemic social environment. Perhaps we got more accustomed to managing our environment when there were lockdowns and less people about in the course of everyday life. We might have become more relaxed working from home and perhaps felt more autonomous when […]
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By embracing deliberate practice you could be able to apply key concepts in outcomes measurement to an understanding of your own personal performance in your practice, as well as develop your own personal learning project to boost effectiveness in your role as a therapist. You could apply the concept of deliberate practice to better navigate
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The benefits of social media are many and include the ability to stay in close contact with friends and family, the commercial aspects of having access to a self publishing tool, enjoying direct contact with your audience and having a means to drive traffic to your website. The downside of social media, and perhaps Instagram
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This podcast is about immortality with Dr Shelley Astrof, originally from Montreal but now based in India, and asks questions such as does life end when the body dies and is existence dependent only on a body. Shelley is the author of the Knower Curriculum and Timeless Tales books and chapter contributor to Sacred Death, 25 tools for
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This podcast (see link below) is with Andrew Thomas, he of the Rainbow Map, who has developed a new adjunct for integrative therapists called Avoidance Theory. Avoidance Theory is grounded in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology. Accompanying slides to the podcast can be accessed here. Avoidance Theory connects with and supports Bowlby’s Attachment Theory by offering a
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I was recently interviewed by Lucy Donoughue from Happiful Magazine as part of the I am I have podcast series. We started our chat with an explanation about what a gambling addiction might look like and how it could impact the person living through it, or those closest to them. We also talked about the scenario about someone who
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My latest podcast interview was with Hemali Vora and Sherry Burns, both end of life doulas, in which we discussed life and death and a lot things in between, including death cafe meetings, legacy in life, anxiety, end of life preparation and planning and specifically their book Sacred Death: 25 tools for caregivers. See also
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Ah, yes, that time of packing away the seasonal decorations and lights is upon us and with perhaps little on the immediate horizon, in the way of excitement, it can be common to experience low mood. The parties are over and family and friends have departed and perhaps worse still, the credit card bills are
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I recently contributed to a post on self-care for therapists for the UKCP website when asked to reflect on my own self-care routine. UKCP is my professional body and stands for the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. When thinking about what to contribute I became more aware of what self-care actually means for me. Self-care
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I came across the idea of death cafes the other day when a colleague mentioned them almost in passing when we were discussing something unrelated on the telephone. I find it an uncomfortable truth that everyone alive today, no matter where they live in the world, and no matter how rich they are, will eventually
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