It is important to know your past. Everyone has a personal narrative. What’s yours? Have you ever been truly listened to? Or, do you have people in your life who don’t really listen, when they always seem intent on hijacking the conversation and turning the spotlight and focus onto themselves? This type of narcissistic listening
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TheoryFor some there is little to worry about when assessing the consequences of screen time and social media on users, particularly with respect to young people. Advocates of the positive aspects of social media will often claim that there is a lot of scaremongering against the online world and specifically the social media platforms. According
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TheoryI was interviewed by Megan Hawksworth from MastersInCounseling at the end of May about integrative psychotherapy practice, the nature of behavioural change and how the training route works in the UK. See below for the link. The MastersInCounseling Podcast conducts regular in-depth interviews with therapists, where the ins and outs of working in a counseling practice are
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TheoryIt has been interesting to observe the reversal in policy by the Trump administration regarding the forced separation of parents and their kids seeking to gain entry into the USA by illegal means. Trump’s so-called ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy witnessed more than 2300 children separated from their parents who entered the criminal justice system for
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TheoryPeople seeking help for addictions from support groups on Facebook have been warned that their membership may not be as private as they had hoped. A Sky news report has uncovered risks to privacy for vulnerable people when they might believe that their membership of such groups is private and confidential. To hear more of
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TheoryI learned today of the sad passing of John Rowan. In 2014 I had the pleasure of meeting John when he generously agreed to a podcast interview about his work and how he viewed the concept of integrative psychotherapeutic practice. It was almost like a rock star moment for me in having the opportunity to
This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Mark Drax about recovery from problematic sexual behaviour and behavioural addictions. See the embedded link below. Mark is a recovery coach based in London, speaker and board member of The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH). In the interview Mark chats about his personal
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TheoryAn independent review panel investigating the response to the Manchester Arena Attack, which saw 22 people tragically die, is requesting that Greater Manchester sign up to a ‘Charter for families bereaved through public tragedy’. The panel, chaired by Lord Bob Kerslake, published a progress report today and is recommending that all public bodies adopt the charter that
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TheoryStudies have shown that roughly one in five of us will suffer from anxiety or depression at some point in our lives. There are, of course, many types of anxiety. For some anxiety might involve suffering the symptoms of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) to full blown panic attacks to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In England,
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TheoryToday I was interviewed on Sky News about the risks posed by the Blue Whale game in the UK and about peer pressure facing teenagers. Blue Whale is an online game that originated in Russia and where it is claimed users are manipulated into self harming and ultimately encouraged to commit suicide. This has led some
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