Model of Grief - Pt. 1
One helpful way to understand grief is to picture a short, wide jar. This jar represents our ability to cope with life’s challenges.
Journal
A bit like a blog, this is a space to share some of my thoughts and recommendations that might be helpful. Unlike a blog, they will normally be fairly short and will appear whenever I feel inspired, which won’t be at 9am every Monday morning. You can expect answers to common questions, media recommendations and insights from the world of therapy.
Other Posts
What is IFS?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapeutic approach developed in the 1980s by Richard Schwartz.
How Does Therapy Help?
You may be wondering how therapy helps. There are lots of answers to that question, but this is a brilliant article by Hannah Booth about her experience with therapy and what she learned.
Space Between Conversations - Nikki
If you've not had counselling before then it could be difficult to know what to expect. What will it be like? How will it help? Space Between Conversations are mini interviews with people that have had experience of...
Watch - Couples Therapy
If you’re looking for something to watch, I just finished binging a brilliant series on iPlayer called Couples Therapy. It’s a real-life, fly-on-the-wall documentary where you get to watch 4 couples go through...
How to find a therapist
There are no quick shortcuts to finding the right therapist. It can often be helpful to get a recommendation from a friend or someone you respect, but even then...
Counselling and Psychotherapy - what’s the difference?
If you’re exploring therapy for the first time, then it can honestly be quite confusing. There are over 30 different types of therapy listed on the BACP’s ‘types of therapy’ page and there are many others...
