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03Apr

What is Family Constellations Therapy?

Sara Poss

family, trauma, typesoftherapy

Therapists

Family constellations therapy is an experiential method that aims to offer insight into hidden or entrenched dynamics in an individual's life. Therapist Sara Poss explores how family constellations works
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02Apr

Meet the Therapist: Matt Thomas

Matt Thomas

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Therapists

Matt Thomas is a counsellor in Brighton and online: "The main thing I am trying to do is help clients understand what is going on for them. I think of therapy being like a messy cupboard. We’ll take everything out, sort it out and put it back in better order."
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20Mar

Meet the Therapist: Glen Gibson

Glen Gibson

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Therapists

Glen Gibson is a therapist in London and online: "I used to work in homelessness and after a while it felt like I was just putting sticking plasters on people, that deep and lasting change wasn’t possible without long-term therapy. And it was my own therapy that so influenced me about its effectiveness."
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18Mar

The Nose Knows: Reflections on Scent and Psychotherapy

Jake Freedman

experienceoftherapy

Therapists

Ex-perfume-specialist, now psychotherapist Jake Freedman reflects on the complex ways that scent affects our experience of the world, and of therapy
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15Mar

Meet the Therapist: Ruthie Portnoy

Ruthie Portnoy

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Therapists

Ruthie Portnoy is an online couples therapist: "I just love people and working with a variety of backgrounds, races and religions gives me strength and hope for a more healed world. We have so much more in common with each other than we have differences."
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13Mar

Dear Therapist..."I Feel Constantly Guilty in My Friendships"

Charlotte Fox Weber

deartherapist, friendship

Therapists

In this week's Dear Therapist, psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber advises one reader who feels overstretched and guilty in her friendships – are people-pleasing tendencies at the core of the issue?
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11Mar

Psychotherapist Recommended Memoirs on Mental Health and More

Julia Bueno

books

Therapists

Memoirs provide invaluable insight, perfect for professional therapists, and for clients seeking self-knowledge. Psychotherapist Julia Bueno, who reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, gives her recommendations
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08Mar

Meet the Therapist: Hermione Ruck Keene

Hermione Ruck Keene

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Therapists

Hermione Ruck Keene is an online therapist: "It feels like a huge privilege to sit with people in their sorrow, sadness or anger, and to hold a space of trustworthiness where they can show sides of themselves which might not feel safe to reveal in other parts of their lives."
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06Mar

What Does Therapy Actually Feel Like?

Sylwia Kowalska-Biggar

society, typesoftherapy

Therapists

In our ever-more 'quick-fix' culture, psychoanalytic psychotherapist Sylwia Kowalska-Biggar explores the benefits, and realities, of more in-depth therapy. Do we have realistic expectations?
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28Feb

Dear Therapist..."I Can't Be Around Cynical People"

Kelly Hearn

deartherapist

Therapists

In this week's Dear Therapist, psychotherapist Kelly Hearn explores what might be behind perpetual cynicism, as well as unrelenting optimism
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