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Boost your self-esteem by transforming legacy behaviours

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Having low self-esteem can be a common presenting issue that motivates people to seek therapy. Self-esteem is how we value and perceive ourselves. However, in popular self-help literature self-esteem is often viewed as synonymous with self-confidence. I like to think of the distinction between self-esteem and self-confidence as this: you may have the confidence to

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Why siblings matter

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Do you struggle with sibling rivalry and wonder whether your early life holds pointers to understanding your current relationship dynamics? Children often feel that they are in receipt of unequal amounts of parental attention, discipline, and responsiveness. Some studies have shown that sibling abuse is more common that parental-child abuse. Adult siblings more commonly re-enact

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Addressing passive-aggressive behaviour in psychotherapy

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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

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Boost your levels of serotonin and avoid energy zappers

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There are many types of people but for relational purposes there are two main types which might be termed as either ‘energy zappers’ or ‘energy enhancers’. Energy zappers are people who don’t listen when in conversation. The exchange is usually one way. They will drone on about their own viewpoint, their own opinions or their own

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How mental health services can be improved for young people

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It has been reported that children in England will be seen by NHS mental health services within four weeks, as part of a Government pilot. The consultation on the preliminary paper will run for around 12 weeks and will see additional funding for mental health services (even though the increase in overall NHS spending is

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Avoid the trap of narcissistic co-narcissistic relationships in supervision

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Supervision is a term that often causes much debate within counselling and psychotherapy circles. It was once considered to be something you ‘got landed with’ by virtue of being the most experienced practitioner within an organisation. Implicit in this view was that therapy should be conducted in a right way and, therefore, not in a wrong

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