7 Acts of Self-Care for Better Mental Health
Clara Bridges, who has bordlerine personality disorder, adds to the self-care list that keeps her well during the summer therapy break
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Clara Bridges
Clara Bridges was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and Generalised Anxiety Disorder in 2013. She has been seeing a psychoanalytic psychotherapist since then, and meets with her several times a week. She works in the education sector and is married with two children.
This is Why Self-Care Makes Such a Difference During the Therapy Break
As she approaches the summer break in her therapy, Clara Bridges reports on how small acts of self-care make the time apart from her therapist easier to cope with
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Wise Words #16: On the Self and Relationships
Therapy client Clara Bridges chooses books on Transactional Analysis and principles for marriage as key texts for helping her own relationship
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What I Learned from Googling My Therapist
The relationship between client and therapist can be extremely close. But does using Google to dig deeper make it dangerous asks client Clara Bridges
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WiseWords #14: from Irvin Yalom to Stephen Grosz
Therapy client Clara Bridges, who has borderline personality disorder, chooses favourite books on therapy by Irvin Yalom, Stephen Grosz and Susan Howard
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How Yin Yoga Supports my Therapy
Clara Bridges has borderline personality disorder and she finds that practising yin yoga works alongside her therapy to help her cope with it
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A Letter to My Therapist at Christmas
Some therapy clients find it challenging when there are breaks in therapy. Christmas can be a tricky time posts client Clara Bridges
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Can You Grieve Something You Never Had?
I never had unconditional acceptance from my mother, but with therapy I am finally experiencing what that feels like, writes Clara Bridges
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I was Sexually Attracted to My Therapist
I was shocked to be sexually attracted to my older, female therapist. But talking to her about this "erotic transference" has helped me understand it
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What You Want Isn't Always What You Need in Therapy
How do you choose the right therapist? Clara Bridges lists the three lessons about choosing a therapist that being in therapy has taught her
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Therapy Helped Me to See the Ways in Which I Really See Myself
Clara reveals how therapy has become her ultimate 'safe place', where she can come to terms with long-term issues and learn about herself
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