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Suicide and Therapy
What is required is to be reachable and reliable. Through this the person may recognise and know you.
Feb 28, 2024
Exploring Therapeutic Practice: Appreciation
Through all my work there is an appreciation for my client; appreciation for being invited into their world
Aug 18, 2023
Exploring Therapeutic Practice: Disclosure
This workshop came out of requests to include various aspects of therapeutic practice, particularly disclosure.
Jul 23, 2023
Imagery and Creative Work in Therapy
Everyone has ways to describe their experiencie These may be rich, creative and imagery full or dull and interest
Jul 16, 2023
The Function of Aggression Handout 2
The intentionality of assertiveness is different from aggression. With assertiveness the intention is the person’s own needs to be forward
Jul 16, 2023
Handout2 for Intimacy and Love in Therapy
Handout for Intimacy and Love in Therapy workshop - number 2: for discussion and reference in the workshop
Jun 26, 2023
Notes for Intimacy and Love in Therapy
an expression of gratitude, a loving gesture, or an affectionate word/ take that expression at face value/
Jun 26, 2023
Intimacy and Love in Therapy
As clients begin to re-own the denied and dissociated parts of themselves, they are likely to recover the ability to feel more intensely …
Jun 10, 2023
Exploring the Client's Words in Therapy
In this essay the focus is on the client’s talking. The purpose is to expand the client’s awareness of their talking, of their language
Jun 10, 2023
The Function of Aggression in Therapy
Describing the role of aggression as this release of energy reframes the function of aggression as the required shift of energy
Jun 9, 2023
Resistance to Change the ah but moments
Relationally, consider not resistant, rather … managing the situation utilising past experiences. The client is not ready, or not able
Jun 9, 2023
Touch in Therapy
Workshop: Touch in Therapy In this workshop, my intention is to provide an opportunity to explore what touch evokes. As the starting...
Jun 9, 2023
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