Today I chatted with counsellor Tricia Ibe, about the topic of affairs and specifically about being the other woman in an affair (with a married man) who is single, which can be the other side of infidelity as it tends to have less focus, and perhaps much less sympathy than the betrayed wife. Her article […]
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Today I chatted with Annie Broadbent, author of Speaking of Death, what the bereaved really need during which we discussed psychosynthesis, death, bereavement and grief. Annie is a psychosynthesis psychotherapist and trainer at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London. In the interview we discuss the approach of psychosynthesis, death cafes, losing a loved one, existential legacy and end
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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
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Yesterday I chatted with the charming Dr Aleta Edwards about perfectionism and shame and how to therapeutically address these issues. Aleta is a licensed psychologist based in Tampa having graduated from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 1992. Aleta authored a 2016 book Fear of the Abyss: Healing the wounds from shame and perfectionism
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This week I had the pleasure of catching up with Bill Herring, a certified sex addiction therapist (CSAT) in Atlanta. We spoke using video conferencing technology, he in Atlanta and me in London, and discussed his new framework for treating problematical sexual behaviour. Bill has been a counsellor and psychotherapist for over 25 years and is
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Defining behaviours as an addiction or a disorder can create lively debate in the therapy world. Take internet gaming. There are users out there, for sure, who overdo playing video games. But so what, you might say. Individuals overdo lots of stuff, after all, so what is so special about video games? And is it
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I recently had the pleasure of catching up in London with Nancy L. Johnston, therapist and author of Disentangle: When you’ve lost your self in someone else and My Life as a Border Collie: Freedom from codependency. Nancy Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP, MAC is a licensed professional counselor, licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner and master addiction
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Are you worried about identity theft and staying safe online in an increasingly risky cyber environment? Click below for a recent panel discussion on how to avoid some obvious pitfalls in personal data protection. I participated on this Roundtable discussion on TRTWorld about the epidemic levels of identity theft, why someone is motivated in this criminal
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Today I chatted with Laura Heck, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Gottman Therapist in private practice in Salt Lake City. (See below for a link to the interview). Previously director of development at the Gottman Institute, Laura co-developed the Gottman 7 principles programme and is also the author of the 7 principles workbook.
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My latest interview in my podcast series is with Louise Mazanti. She might be familiar to some viewers in the UK having been featured on Channel 5 as an expert for the factual entertainment show Make or Break. Louise is a sex therapist and trained as a psychosynthesis psychotherapist and specialised in Psychosexual Somatics Therapy
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