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The signs your unconscious fear is holding you prisoner?
While the fear mechanism is hugely beneficial to you at various times in your life, guiding you to be cautious so as not to be physically and often mentally and emotionally hurt, what do you do when it appears to be running your life on autopilot? The tell tale signs...
Do you fear being rejected?
I discuss one of the most painful and debilitating fears that many people experience: the fear of being rejected. If this fear was once upon a time important for us to stay attached to the safety of the collective, why do we still harbour these seemingly needless...
The Number One Reason Therapists Give Up Their Practice
At first glance there would seem to be absolutely loads of reasons why therapists fall out of practice and I bet, as a therapist in private practice, you can relate to all of them at one stage or another along the way. Discovering the one reason why you feel doubtful...
A flash of insight last Thursday
Two to three days ago I stood in my bathroom, bare topped and was intending to look, from the side, at how my hair sat pulled up onto my head. I had a business meeting in London where image was important. As I turned side on with a mirror in my left hand to reflect...
Walk your talk – What every therapist should know
Walking your talk is the calling that therapists must respond to or they will end up doing mediocre therapy with good intentions. Our fear based, intellectual or technical way of doing therapy cannot reach people on an...