Some clients are embarrassed and ashamed about coming to therapy. They have described their need to seek therapy variously as “weak”, “self-indulgent” or “insane”! Invariably clients come to therapy when they are in crisis or at an impasse in their lives; sometimes they feel ‘co-erced’ into coming by a parent, partner, or agency. Many are … Read More
Year: 2012
Work: Who Needs It?
Try to define what work really means to you: a greedy mistress, a familiar ritual, a compelling game, a voracious furnace, a stimulating journey, a necessary evil? Because it can mean any of these things, and contradictory combinations of them, it is no wonder clients often find work a difficult issue to examine in therapy, … Read More
Lists and Records
It’s January again (in case you haven’t noticed) and many of us are scrambling for pen and paper/mouse/ipad/computer/mobile phone/postit note, intent on recording our new year resolutions and by so doing, set some goals to achieve for the year. This list (or record) is a manifestation of our sincere hope to improve our future in … Read More
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