This post is the final post in my blog series Five Key Factors of How Therapy Helps. TRY THIS AT HOME. Therapy will often quite naturally stimulate people to apply what they’re learning about themselves between sessions. People also frequently have insights between sessions, and some will write them down. But sometimes, particularly during periods […]
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Fourth Key Factor: How I help clients tell their stories
The Hardest Things to Say There is a universal need to have ones story told. A key component of how I do therapy is to help clients tell their stories and for them to know that I have heard them. Once they find their voice, clients can tell their story to those in their life […]
How Therapy Can Help
First Key Factor: THE RELATIONSHIP This is the first post in five-part series: Five Key Factors of How Therapy Helps. The core of how therapy can help is the relationship between the client and the therapist. It has many aspects in common with any authentic relationship. One key difference is that the therapeutic relationship […]
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Welcome to the Exploring Mindfulness Series
Announcing Exploring Mindfulness, a blog series for starting, re-starting, or maintaining the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness can be described simply as seeing clearly in the here and now. I chose Pema Chödrön’s book When Things Fall Apart as our guide because, through this book, she is a calm and reassuring voice in helping us to […]