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 […]
Keith Wilson on the road to reconciliation Read More »
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
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This podcast interview with Dr Paul J. Leslie discusses the issues contained within his latest book release The Art of Creating a Magical Session. Paul is a licensed psychotherapist and educator, based in South Carolina. In the interview we discuss what might be considered the key elements necessary to bring about transformational therapeutic change in clients. The book
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Listen to the latest UKCP/Psychologies Magazine podcast on why men are so lonely
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Physical dependence is not the same as addiction but the terms are often conflated in treatment and recovery circles. Physical dependence is a process that occurs when the brain adapts to the effects of a drug and develops the phenomenon of tolerance. In other words, an individual will require more and more of the particular
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It has been an interesting exercise to read the submissions from various stakeholders to the Mental Health of Men and Boys Inquiry being conducted by the Women and Equalities Committee of the Houses of Parliament. This new Committee has been hearing evidence on the most pressing issues that affect men and boys’ mental health, and
How therapeutic services fail men Read More »
It was interesting to hear today the Royal College of Psychiatrists calling on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to update its advice on antidepressant withdrawal with a policy statement that highlights the risk to some people of severe and long-lasting withdrawal effects from antidepressants, and the associated risks of over prescribing. My
One of the first challenges for therapists with a new client can be to provide some psychoeducation around the unconscious. Quite often clients can believe that if they are not aware of certain feelings, scripts, wounds, blueprints and beliefs then they assume that the content must not exist. A person’s field of consciousness, or field
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In spite of having had enough of the recent political shenanigans surrounding Westminster political decision-making I still switched on the BBC Politics Live show the other day. I was glad I did. On it, I heard Thomas L. Friedman discuss his latest book; Thank You For Being Late – An optimist’s guide to thriving in the
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Mindfulness can be a term commonly used in counselling and psychotherapy circles but often without any great explanation about what it actually means. It is, therefore, important to understand what mindfulness is, and what it is not. Simply put mindfulness is staying in the moment non judgmentally. That may sound simple enough, but do any
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