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05Sep

To My Client Who Has Anxiety

Klara Sharples

anxiety, experienceoftherapy

Therapists

Counsellor Klara Sharples reflects on working with a client with anxiety – do you resonate?
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09Aug

3 Uncomfortable Truths You Might Learn in Therapy

Anna Mathur

experienceoftherapy, mindset, relationships, self

Mind

One of the challenging things about therapy is that you might learn some uncomfortable truths about yourself, and the wider world. Anna Mathur shares three of her 10 truths from her new book
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01Jul

What Are Your Blind Spots?

Emma Reed Turrell

experienceoftherapy, mindset, personality, psychology, self

Mind

We all have blind spots, areas in our lives where we lack awareness. Would you be brave enough to shine a light on yours? Emma Reed Turrell explores how therapy can be just the place to do so
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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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04Sep

How Therapy and Woodworking Carried Me Through Depression

Peter Booth

depression, experienceoftherapy, mensmentalhealth

Mind

Struggling with depression, Peter Booth benefitted greatly from a course of CBT. Discovering a love of woodworking was another important part of his recovery, and he now carves beautiful anxiety soothers
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10Aug

Healing the Wounds of Moral Distress Through Storytelling

Lalith Wijedoru

burnout, career, experienceoftherapy, stress, work

Mind

Repeated instances of moral injury in his work as a paediatrician in intensive care were having a severe impact on Dr Lalith Wijedoru's health. Counselling helped him make significant changes
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29May

What Stops Us From Changing?

Paul Wilson

change, childhood, experienceoftherapy, mindset, psychology

Therapists

Even when we identify the problem, we might have a hard time actually making a change. Psychoanalytic psychotherapist Paul Wilson urges you to explore: what will the change cost you?
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24May

Book of the Month: Wavewalker by Suzanne Heywood

Louise Chunn

bookofthemonth, books, childhood, experienceoftherapy, family

Relationships

Suzanne Heywood's book Wavewalker: Breaking Free describes the traumatic childhood of a British girl who spent 10 years on a 70-foot boat in the South Pacific, without friends or teachers
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03May

Is Therapy Accessible for Deaf People?

Samantha Baines

disability, experienceoftherapy

Mind

Samantha Baines, author of Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness, shares her experience of therapy and the barriers that deaf people face in getting mental health support
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24Apr

Marathons and Long-Term Therapy: Balancing Hard Work and Rest

Ajay Khandelwal

exercise, experienceoftherapy, psychology, sport

Therapists

Training for and running a marathon involves a particular kind of stress and reward. Psychotherapist Dr Ajay Khandelwal explores the parallels between marathon running and psychotherapy, and the value of rest and recovery
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