MEANTAL HEALTH BLOG BY DR NICHOLAS JENNER
I have a number of clients from the US and what has been playing out there over the last few weeks and indeed, for some, over the last four years has been difficult for them. At the moment, the big contentious issue is political…
Much of the thinking that we employ on a daily basis is a reflection of childhood and interaction with our caregivers. I am very much on the nurture side of the nature versus nurture argument…
Shame is the deepest of all emotions and has the ability to overwhelm those who acquire it. When we feel shame, we tend to feel alone, exposed and left to deal with emotions that go to to our very core of existence…
We can all remember events in our childhood where we felt shame and those memories linger. You can see children being shamed every day on the streets of any town or city…
It’s never easy to carry the burden of your childhood, your somewhat dysfunctional connection to the imperfect people we grew up with, and finally come to the realization as an adult that it has affected our whole life…
In my last post, I tackled the concept of transference in therapy. That is, the transfer of feelings from a significant person, past or present, onto the therapist. These feelings…
Transference happens in therapy a lot. In fact, it can happen in any relationship but is closely associated with the therapeutic relationship between a client and therapist…
It is that time of year when we all naturally look back at how the last year has shaped up for us. The end of the year does that…another one…