A quick technique for Anxiety. First lets discuss what is anxiety? Ever seen a deer momentarily pause as if they had seen something lurking behind the bushes. You notice the deer happily grazing amongst the grass and wild flowers. Its nose twitching and occasionally it stops and tilts its head. Eyes wide- as if Continue reading
What drives human behaviour? What makes us want to get up in the morning? What makes us go to work? What motivates us to to seek relationships? Some of the following theories may provide some insight into what makes us tick.. The Drive theory of human motivation can firstly be considered. According to this view, Continue reading
Dealing with loss of a loved one can have a devastating effect on anyone. In this article I will explore grief and some of the psychological theories surrounding it. I will then continue to explore some of my approaches towards working with clients experiencing grief and provide some insight to how clients can begin to Continue reading
The humanistic approach to counselling promotes individuality, positive regards with regards to its approach with clients- with the intention of enabling the client to evolve and potentially reach self actulisation through continuous self development. There are many different humanistic approaches such as the person centred approach, gestalt and transactional.The following is a reflection of my Continue reading
Everybody loves sex baby? Everybody wants you and me? Whilst its easy to repeat the words of this popular number- sex and relationships are rarely ever that simple… So what are relationships and sex really about? One of the theories of relationships that we can consider is the evolutionary perspective. This theory proposes that people’s innate Continue reading
An exploration of what self defeating behaviours and how we can learn to defeat them.. Self defeating behaviours could be described as behaviours that are harmful or self destructive. Some examples of self defeating behaviours are procrastination, drug abuse, sexual dysfunction, compulsive/ritualistic behaviour and general unhealthy attitudes such as isolating oneself, paranoia, extreme jealousy, denial, Continue reading
I have worked with clients who have suffered with terrible anxiety- to the extent where they felt that they were literally ‘under attack’ by an overwhealming feeling of panic causing a variety of both physical and emotional symptoms. Hence why I feel the term ‘anxiety’ or ‘panic’ ‘attack’ is quite a fitting description! So what Continue reading
We all get stressed out! Just one of life’s many facts- but what is stress and most importantly- how do we learn to deal or cope with it? Stress is the body’s way of responding to a ‘perceived’ (or very real) threat. When a person feels threatened the ‘flight and fight’ response is activated. Hormone Continue reading
‘I can’t stop thinking about what happened then’ When I think of how a client’s past can affect their present reality, Iam reminded by the distress expression on this client’s face as she uttered these words. This particular client’s presenting issue was anxiety and a lack of confidence at work as well as in Continue reading
Whilst dwelling on what to add to my increasing list of therapeutic blogs I thought it made sense to include some information on the different approaches to counselling with a little bit about my own experiences of this approach whilst working with clients. Whilst this blog focuses on the ‘person centred’ approach to counselling, do Continue reading
