In Praise of Talking Therapy

As a provider of talking therapy, or counselling as many of us call it, I felt excited when I came across this great article in praise of talking therapy. The article, 11 Intriguing Reasons To Give Talk Therapy A Try, explains clearly how and why talking therapy can help with many difficulties. In particular it is in praise of the analytical approach that psychodynamic counselling offers. This is my main approach, although I have also trained in using CBT and solution focused skills as well.

The introduction of the article says: “Many of us grew up under the impression that [Read more …]

Journal Writing

Journal Writing

If you keep a journal you may already know what a useful process it is, if you don’t keep one perhaps I can persuade you to consider it. Either way I hope this article will provide you with a few useful tips about journal writing.

Journal writing is not a new concept, it has been around for a very long time, and today a lot of people are practicing it. I feel there is something special about journal writing that helps us to process our inner thoughts and feelings

The benefits of Journal Writing

Journal writing provides us with a [Read more …]