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31Oct

Can Therapy Change the Way Your Brain Works?

Ana Mootoosamy

brain, neuroscience

Therapists

Understanding how our brains work can demystify how we feel and how the process of therapy works. Psychotherapist Dr Ana Mootoosamy explains the latest thinking in neuroscience, and what needs to happen in therapy to help your brain, so you feel in less pain.
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28Oct

Understanding Different Types of Stress and Trauma Responses

Alice McGurran

stress, trauma

Mind

Psychotherapist Katy Georgiou has written a new book, How to Understand and Deal with Stress. Here she speaks to Alice McGurran about different forms of stress and trauma responses, and breaks down the different types of therapy.
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28Oct

Meet the Therapist: Alan Madin

Alan Madin

meetthetherapist

Therapists

Alan Madin is a counsellor in Lincoln and online: "I just love it when my clients don’t need me any more. Job done – in a bittersweet way! I want to tell my ex-clients, I didn’t actually tell you to do that thing that you said has worked. I just helped you find it yourself."
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27Oct

Understanding and Overcoming Health Anxiety

Kamran Bedi

anxiety, health, healthanxiety, illness

Mind

Health anxiety is characterised by a preoccupation with your health and potential illness. Kamran Bedi explores the mindset of someone with health anxiety and offers routes to recovery.
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25Oct

What's the Lasting Impact of Complex Trauma?

Sumeet Grover

childhood, complexptsd, PTSD, trauma

Therapists

Trauma isn't just the result of big, specific events – it can also result from smaller, repeated incidents or poor treatment. Psychotherapist Sumeet Grover explains what complex ptsd is and the childhood experiences that may lead to it.
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24Oct

What Geena Davis Learned from Her ADHD Diagnosis

Louise Chunn

ADHD, celebrity, experienceoftherapy

Mind

Geena Davis, probably best known for her roles in Thelma and Louise and The Accidental Tourist was in London recently to promote her memoir Dying of Politeness. Interviewed by Louise Chunn, they discussed what happened when a therapist asked if she had ever been tested for ADHD.
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21Oct

Meet the Therapist: Melanie Kinross

Melanie Kinross

meetthetherapist

Therapists

Melanie Kinross is a counsellor in West Sussex: "Counselling is for everyone – you don’t have to be 'a talker' to benefit from therapy. In fact, you might find you get a lot from it if you are not someone who regularly opens up with friends and family. You don’t have to be at the end of your tether either; it can be really helpful to start before things get bad."
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20Oct

Which Type of Therapy is Right for Me?

Katerina Georgiou

stress, typesoftherapy

Therapists

While the most important factor in successful therapy is your relationship with your therapist, it can be helpful to understand the different types of therapy available. Psychotherapist Katy Georgiou explores.
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19Oct

Dear Therapist..."I'm Addicted to My Phone"

Charlotte Fox Weber

deartherapist, technology

Therapists

In this week's Dear Therapist, psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber responds to a therapy client who guiltily confesses to being unable to resist using their phone during therapy sessions – how can we overcome phone addiction and better manage our relationship to technology?
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18Oct

Why Won't My Therapist Talk About Their Private Life?

Charlotte Fox Weber

experienceoftherapy, therapisttips

Therapists

Traditional talking therapy would have involved a largely silent therapist, who didn't answer any of your questions. We spoke to psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber to find out how therapy is changing, partly by design, partly in response to modern life.
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