Part of mental health is responding appropriately to our own suffering, keeping faith in our ability to take corrective action.
Category: Counselling and therapy
Counselling: learning to see ourselves
Our early carers can act as a behaviour mirror for us. Where that mirror was distorted, counselling and psychotherapy can help in adulthood.
Why does person-centred counselling work?
Person-centred counselling approaches psychological therapy from the point of view that we are all capable of developing ourselves, given sympathetic conditions.
Four things I have learned as a therapist
As a counsellor, I have seen many people recover from mental illness. Here are four things which, in my experience, help any person’s recovery.
Reasons and excuses: finding understanding
We can grow up silent and bottled up, or verbose and self-defensive. Counselling can help us to find more moderate ways to communicate and behave.
Getting on with a therapist
How do we choose a therapist? And how do we know when therapy is going well?
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