Therapy Shorts 85: Those Who Say Can’t Usually Mean Won’t
How many times have you heard someone say “I can’t change”? If you are like me, you have heard it many times. In most cases, what is really being said is “I won’t change”…
The 7 Day Challenge Day 7: Take Action And Take It Now!
We are at the pinnacle of the 7 Day Challenge, the last day. We have slowly worked through various topics and have finally reached the moment to take action to make a change.... scary, right?...
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...
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...
The Mental Torment of Sexually Abused Children
It is estimated that up to fifty percent of sexual abuse victims who receive medical treatment after episodes of abuse carry no physical scars at all...
The Way We See The Problem, Often Is The Problem
I always remember the quote " Life is about the choices you make. If you want a better life, make different choices"...
Punishment is not Discipline (Part 1)
The first weeks of a baby's life can be gruelling and tiring for the new parents. Some parents can be completely overwhelmed with this new life that is suddenly thrust upon them...
Staying With Your Partner After Infidelity?
Once infidelity occurs in a relationship, it breaks the foundation of trust that might have been the one of the main reasons the relationship maintained itself...
Take Your Internal Family To A Safe Place
In my last post, I talked about the value of meeting a "younger self" in visualisation. I said and believe that this is an emotional but worthwhile step in trying to come to terms with childhood trauma...
Meeting Your Younger Self Tells You All You Need To Know
While doing inner child work with clients, I often run them through a guided visualisation where they meet and greet a younger version of themselves...
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