The Advantages Of Defensive Pessimism
Can you imagine a therapist telling a patient to think negatively ? To concentrate on the less positive aspects of the issues they are having ?...
How Discrimination And Stigma Impede Mental Health Treatment
When I was young, my family would often travel to a nearby town to visit family friends. As a child, it was not my favorite pastime and I often felt forced to play with the kids in the family which at that age was a chore...
Anxiety: The Facts
Many of the clients I deal with in my online therapy practice suffer from anxiety. Anxiety is the disorder of our modern times and the amount of people suffering from it is increasing every year...
With Narcissists, Action Always Speaks Louder Than Words
When we start a new relationship, we let a few things go that we might not later. We don't always set boundaries or recognise so-called 'red flags'. The adrenaline is just running too high and that is just the way we want it...
Think Talking to Your Therapist Online Is A Fad?… Think Again
It is now roughly 10 years since I saw my first client online. I remember it as clear as day. Sitting in my office waiting for my two o'clock appointment...
Choose Contentment
There are many things that determine our lives for better or worse. Parents play a huge role of course, our environment, influences, relationships and peers also play a part...
Recognise Your Inner Critic And How It Works
The concept of an inner critic is well known but most people have to deal with more than one manifestation...
Codependency? Control Not Love
These days we throw the words "narcissist" and "codependent" around like confetti. It is easy to label someone who appears self-centred as the former and one who gives a little bit too much as the latter.
What Is Inner Child Therapy?
I have always held a keen interest in Inner Child Therapy and incorporate it into my work with clients as much as possible...
How Childhood Abuse Can Subdue The Inner Child
When we think about child abuse, our thoughts often stop at sexual abuse of minors. However, the term child abuse...
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