All Categories - Anna W Psychology

What is Relational Psychotherapy?

10 mars 2025 · Relational Psychotherapy
For me, Relational Psychotherapy super-charges the other therapeutic approaches by bringing them...

What is a 'symptom'

27 mars 2025 · Authentic self,Needs,Relational Psychotherapy
'Symptoms' are broadly thought of as something unpleasnt, disruptive or disfunctional. We usually...

The BodyMind

7 mars 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...

Individuation: A Challenge

7 mars 2025 · Authentic self
We spend the first half of our life learning how to be adaptive members of our society and family...

Anxiety help SOS

6 décembre 2024
You know those times where your mind becomes fixated on 'solving the problem', or preoccupied...

Fear

20 mai 2024 · self-doubt,Survival responses,self-care,Anxiety
Whatever form fear arrives in (e.g. worry, anxiety, doubt), it disconnects you from your center....

Stop burning out in Relationships

30 avril 2024 · People-pleasing,burn-out
The majority of clients I work with find themselves burning out in relationships. They give far...

What is Anxious-Avoidant Attachment?

12 avril 2024 · Anxious attachment,Avoidant attachment
  You might have heard of ‘attachment styles’. They refer to the way we learn to safely attach...

From Insecurity to Flow

4 avril 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...

From Surviving to Thriving

22 décembre 2023 · complex trauma,Survival responses,Needs
Shifting from Surviving to Thriving is hard (understatement of the year). Here I lay out the...

Self-doubt deep clean.

9 décembre 2023 · self-doubt
You've read my previous blog on self-doubt and worked through the strategies I suggested. But...

Self-Doubt is like Cancer to the Soul.

6 décembre 2023 · self-doubt,People-pleasing
Self-doubt. It gnaws away at your insides. It makes you turn down opportunities without trying...

Self-care that actually works, in 4 steps.

27 novembre 2023 · self-care,Anxiety,Boundaries,burn-out
There's a long list of self-care activities suggested on the internet. · Mindful...

How to Stop being a Doormat

19 octobre 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...

7. When all you give is Not Enough.

19 octobre 2023 · Boundaries,Abuse,People-pleasing
We've looked at boundaries, why you don't assert yours, and how it all links to you keeping...

6. How keeping other's Happy is making you Unhappy.

19 octobre 2023 · Boundaries,People-pleasing,Anxiety
In my previous blog, I looked at the belief structure behind the anxiety that's stopping you from...

5. Why does being Assertive make me Anxious?

19 octobre 2023 · Boundaries,Assertive communication,Anxiety
"Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice." ...

3. Why fight/flight/freeze with Boundary Crossing?

19 octobre 2023 · Boundaries,fight-flight-freeze
In the last blog I highlighted three ways of responding to boundary crossings. To recap: 1. You...

4. What does a Healthy Boundary Look like?

19 octobre 2023 · Boundaries,Anxiety,Assertive communication
So, we've talked about how to recognise your own boundaries, what happens when these are crossed...

2. What happens when a Boundary gets crossed?

19 octobre 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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