There are lots of reasons for making psychological mistakes when trading in financial markets. The recent lock-down experience has witnessed an explosion in the number of day traders seeking to capitalise on increasingly volatile markets in addition to others seeking to make financial trading a source of additional income or as a means of changing […]
I recently chatted with Dr Paul Leslie, psychotherapist, author and educator, about integration and authenticity when practicing in counselling and psychotherapy. Topics covered in the interview are why integration in psychotherapy training, deliberate practice, pluralism and how clients are unique, the nature of therapeutic change and solution focused approaches. To view and listen to the
Today I interviewed Scott Miller about what works in counselling and psychotherapeutic practice and how to boost one’s effectiveness as a practitioner. Scott is the founder of international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators (ICCE), which is dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioural health. He is the author of many books, the most recent one
Passive-aggression is a type of behaviour or personality characterised by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation. Underneath there may be manipulation at play which leads to the term “passive aggressive”. It does not mean swinging between passivity and aggression but someone who expresses their aggression passively. Passive-aggressive behaviour
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Dr Rob McNeilly from Hobart, Tazmania about learning hypnosis and the work of Milton Erickson. Rob founded the CET in l988 to introduce Ericksonian Hypnosis and the solution oriented approach to hypnosis, counselling and coaching in Australia. He is co-author, with Jenny Brown, of Healing With Words and his
The term sexual anorexia is one (amongst many) that causes a fair bit of conflicting discussion in the addiction treatment and therapy field. For some the term trivialises the more serious eating disorder conditions by seeking to give credibility to a behavioural pattern that is not pathological. For others the two conditions share similar characteristics
COVID-19 Update: I will now be offering all clients the option to meet online via video conferencing software rather than face to face. This is in response to the World Health Organization confirming the Coronavirus as a pandemic, and to follow the guidance issued by the NHS and the UK Government relating to social distancing.
These are crazy times. Amidst the widening economic, social and health crisis associated with the spread of the COVID-19 disease there has been a lot of hysterical reports in the media about so-called panic buying in the shops and how people are acting irrationally on the high street. I wonder whether such reporting is actually proving
Did you feel ostracised from family members, colleagues or from an individual and wonder what to do about whether to reconcile with them or to move on? If so, it could be that you have been scapegoated by a toxic system which is leading to being shut out or it could be that you are
I recall a former tutor during the early days of my original psychotherapy training at CCPE saying to assembled open mouthed students not to aspire to be an okay therapist, but to aim to be a great therapist. The theme of the lecture was how to develop a private practice in counselling and psychotherapy. At
