Can neuroscience fit into integrative therapy practice?

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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Podcast interview with Annie Broadbent on grief, death and bereavement

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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Here are the top benefits of inner child work in psychotherapy?

Recent negative press coverage surrounding the practice of psychotherapy, notably widespread criticisms following the publication of Spare, Prince Harry’s personal memoir, has offered critics of therapy some useful ammunition to undermine the role of the profession and of how having therapy can seemingly go wrong. Harry is seen as a poor advert for therapy, given

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The challenge of dealing with financial trauma

Financial trauma is characterised as a dysfunctional reaction to chronic financial worries and stress. When we think of trauma we tend to understand it as something that is caused by a singular traumatic event, such as a natural disaster, a personal assault, or a road accident. The same can also be applied to individual trauma surrounding money. This could involve

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How motivational interviewing can be a useful tool in therapy

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

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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