Have you been watching Netflix’s new game show adaptation of the hit Korean dystopian drama? Apparently it has been breaking all records in every Netflix region. I am usually someone who avoids such annoying publicity seeking self obsessed contestants on television screens but this one caught my attention. Yes, the irritating repeated exclaims of “oh […]
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Now that we have passed Black Friday, we are increasingly being bombarded by shopping adverts about even more special shopping windows, including for Christmas. This period is when retailers make a sizable proportion of their yearly profits and there are numerous subconscious consumer decision-making processes that companies seek to exploit when we are shopping. In
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If you have suffered a delirious episode you may have a lot of unanswered questions concerning what exactly happened, how it happened and whether it could happen again. Hopefully your doctor or psychiatrist will have helped with providing some of the detail and clarity on these questions. But there may be lingering concerns about your vulnerability
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Sometimes psychotherapy can be an easy target in wider society, and even in medical circles, when people believe we can be far too introspective and self-indulgent about sharing with others about what happened to us in our earlier life. Critics of psychotherapy claim that people like Prince Harry, for example, should get over their past
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In this post you will learn more about how gambling addiction is defined, how and why it manifests and the most effective treatment models. Gambling addiction can also be called problem gambling, compulsive gambling or gambling disorder. What is problem gambling? Problem gamblers often refer to their zone of emotional comfort, where nothing else seems
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When we operate in autopilot mode we may be prone to responding to instinctive desires in order to gain pleasure and thus avoid any kind of emotional pain. This may be okay in the present moment if we need to stay safe and to avoid danger. However, when we opt for the psychologically comfortable and
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I am quoted in the attached article in Woman and Home about codependency: How to stop being codependent: 7 tips from psychotherapists to help you find independence again. “What do you want to do in life, with your plans, aims, and dreams?” asks Bell. “Codependent people often become overly attentive to the needs of others, and
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The latest edition of the New Psychotherapist is out now. The New Psychotherapist is the Members’ journal of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the latest edition has put ageing under the lens. There are a number of articles on ageing that can read from accessing the attached file. I am quoted in
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Recent changes to accreditation standards in some parts of the world now include the need for trainee therapists to understand the neurobiological basis of behaviour. This will be challenging for some who might have leaned towards a learning bias centred on right mode processing in their teaching environment. For example, the institution where I initially trained in London
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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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