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March 10, 2025 · Relational Psychotherapy
For me, Relational Psychotherapy super-charges the other therapeutic approaches by bringing them...
March 27, 2025 · Authentic self,Needs,Relational Psychotherapy
'Symptoms' are broadly thought of as something unpleasnt, disruptive or disfunctional. We usually...
March 7, 2025 · Authentic self,Somatic awareness
We all have a body. We know that. But we also forget it. Most of us, at least in the West, try to...
March 7, 2025 · Authentic self
We spend the first half of our life learning how to be adaptive members of our society and family...
December 6, 2024
You know those times where your mind becomes fixated on 'solving the problem', or preoccupied...
May 20, 2024 · self-doubt,Survival responses,self-care,Anxiety
Whatever form fear arrives in (e.g. worry, anxiety, doubt), it disconnects you from your center....
April 30, 2024 · People-pleasing,burn-out
The majority of clients I work with find themselves burning out in relationships. They give far...
April 12, 2024 · Anxious attachment,Avoidant attachment
  You might have heard of ‘attachment styles’. They refer to the way we learn to safely attach...
April 4, 2024 · fight-flight-freeze,burn-out,self-care,Survival responses
I've been thinking a lot about how our insecurities and fears get locked into our bodies and lead...
December 22, 2023 · complex trauma,Survival responses,Needs
Shifting from Surviving to Thriving is hard (understatement of the year). Here I lay out the...
December 9, 2023 · self-doubt
You've read my previous blog on self-doubt and worked through the strategies I suggested. But...
December 6, 2023 · self-doubt,People-pleasing
Self-doubt. It gnaws away at your insides. It makes you turn down opportunities without trying...
November 27, 2023 · self-care,Anxiety,Boundaries,burn-out
There's a long list of self-care activities suggested on the internet. · Mindful...
October 19, 2023 · Boundaries,Guilt,People-pleasing
You're the nice guy, or girl. The one people turn to when they have a problem, when they need...
October 19, 2023 · Boundaries,Abuse,People-pleasing
We've looked at boundaries, why you don't assert yours, and how it all links to you keeping...
October 19, 2023 · Boundaries,People-pleasing,Anxiety
In my previous blog, I looked at the belief structure behind the anxiety that's stopping you from...
October 19, 2023 · Boundaries,Assertive communication,Anxiety
"Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice." ...
October 19, 2023 · Boundaries,fight-flight-freeze
In the last blog I highlighted three ways of responding to boundary crossings. To recap: 1. You...
October 19, 2023 · Boundaries,Anxiety,Assertive communication
So, we've talked about how to recognise your own boundaries, what happens when these are crossed...
October 19, 2023 · Boundaries,fight-flight-freeze
You're starting to recognise where some of your boundaries are. But what do you do when they're...
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