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What is Relational Psychotherapy?

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

What is a 'symptom'

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

The BodyMind

7. März 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. März 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. Dezember 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. April 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. April 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. April 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. Dezember 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. Dezember 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. Dezember 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. November 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. Oktober 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. Oktober 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. Oktober 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. Oktober 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. Oktober 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. Oktober 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. Oktober 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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