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19Mar

Meet the Therapist: Aarun Naik

Aarun Naik

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Aarun Naik is a counsellor in Liverpool and online: "Therapy is a healthy practice for anyone. You don’t need to be at crisis point to find value in therapy. Whilst we are all different, part of the therapy experience is about realising that many of the answers and solutions we seek are already inside us. Talking to someone in a therapy context can help us to uncover them."
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17Mar

Dear Therapist..."I Can't Stand Mother's Day"

Charlotte Fox Weber

deartherapist, mothersday

Therapists

For many, the pressure around celebration days like Mother's Day is challenging. Charlotte Fox Weber offers her advice.
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15Mar

What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)?

Jimi Katsis

DBT, typesoftherapy, video

Therapists

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) was designed to support people with borderline personality disorder and/or extremes of anxiety and depression. Psychotherapist Jimi D Katsis, who specialises in DBT, offers an introductory video to this type of therapy.
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12Mar

Meet the Therapist: Jo Mercer

Jo Mercer

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Jo Mercer is a psychotherapist in Central London and online: "It’s not unusual for people to feel terribly anxious about starting therapy. I wish people knew you can book a one-off exploratory session to think things through with someone, and discover for yourself whether therapy feels right."
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10Mar

Meet the Therapist: Jo-Anne Rose

Jo-anne Rose

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Jo-Anne Rose is an online counsellor: "Counselling encourages personal growth, helps to ease bad thoughts and feelings, and gives you a clearer understanding of yourself. This increased self-understanding will then allow you to explore the way you feel and think about your difficulties and therefore help you to find a solution."
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08Mar

Harry and Meghan and Universal Family Dynamics

Ajay Khandelwal

family, society, TV

Therapists

Harry and Meghan's revealing interview with Oprah Winfrey, being broadcast in the UK this evening, addresses why the royal couple stepped down. Psychotherapist Ajay Khandelwal considers the potency and complexity of family dynamics across the generations.
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05Mar

Meet the Therapist: Dawn Walters

Dawn Walters

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Dawn Walters is a therapist in Nottingham and online: "Human Givens therapy is known for the few sessions it takes to help people heal – after all, it is a brief therapy. This means that my clients pass through very quickly – it’s like losing a friend quickly."
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04Mar

What is Parent-Infant Psychotherapy?

Francesca Rutherford

birth, children, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, typesoftherapy

Therapists

The bond between infant and caregiver is important – for any parent and child pairs who are struggling, there is parent-infant psychotherapy. Therapist Francesca Rutherford explains how parent-infant psychotherapy enables greater parental awareness and reduced anxiety in parents and child alike.
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03Mar

Dear Therapist..."I've Forgotten How to Socialise! I'm Anxious About Lockdown Ending"

Kelly Hearn

anxiety, coronavirus, deartherapist

Therapists

After a year cooped up away from our usual interactions, many of us might be feeling social anxiety like never before. In this week's Dear Therapist, Kelly Hearn offers her advice: self-compassion and patience are key.
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03Mar

What is Anticipatory or Imagined Grief?

Saul Hillman

bereavement, grief, loss

Therapists

Anticipatory grief describes a mourning that may happen before a death that is expected; imaginary grief may be seen as that which we experience as a result of thoughts of loss and death being triggered by other events. Dr Saul Hillman shares his own experience of imagined grief in the months leading up to his mother's unexpected death.
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