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How motivational interviewing can be a useful tool in therapy

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Motivational interviewing (MI) is not a modality in itself but can be a very useful add-on when practicing integratively in counselling and psychotherapy. It emerged as a collaborative approach to promoting client change in substance abuse treatment centres from the 1980s. Miller & Rollnick, (2002) explain that it came about essentially as an alternative to

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The dangers of taking it too far on a night out with drugs or alcohol

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In a post pandemic world it can sometimes feel like there is no shortage of social opportunities for a night out, whether that is a celebration event or a weekend opportunity to party. However, over-indulging in alcohol or drugs on a night out can present many risks and hazards. You are at greater risk of

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Exploring the need for clinical guidelines for working with people with kink interests

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Some of the biggest assumptions in the therapy world can be misplaced. One is that there will be more effective therapy, if practitioners personally identify with the presenting issues, or mirror the profile of the person they are seeing. Self-disclosure, whether on the basis of lifestyle choices, sexual orientation or past lived experiences, is often

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How Deliberate Practice can boost your psychotherapy practice

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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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Addressing body image anxiety in an era of social media

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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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Andrew Thomas on the ideas of Avoidance Theory

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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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