by Rachel | Jul 31, 2023 | Counselling and therapy, Suggested Reading
As therapists, we are taught the vital importance of empathy very early on, because feeling that your therapist is empathic is one of the ‘common factors’ which helps to create positive change, whatever type of therapy is being practiced. Taking a scroll on...
by Rachel | Mar 22, 2023 | Counselling and therapy
Recently I’ve been immersing myself in the world of nervous system regulation and survival stress (if you’re interested in digging into this further too Irene Lyon has a lot of high-quality free resources which are well worth a look ). At some point during this...
by Rachel | Dec 12, 2022 | lgbtq+, Self-compassion
If you’re queer, have a difficult relationship with your family, or are just having a rough one this year, I wrote this for you.Greetings of the season friends, This year has (again) been a lot, for a lot of people. Globally and collectively, in the realms of...
by Rachel | Nov 15, 2022 | Counselling and therapy, lgbtq+, Self-compassion, sporadic blogs exploring therapy through queer popular culture
The concept of self-care and self-soothing is one that I explore a lot in therapy sessions. A hat tip to the fact that although therapy can be powerful, it is a mere 50 mins out of 10080 in a week.Many people believe that self-care and self-soothing are something they...
by Rachel | Mar 24, 2022 | Counselling and therapy, Self-compassion
Does the voice in your head speak to you like a supportive coach or a mean bully who is never satisfied? If it’s the latter, is there anything you can do about it? In psychotherapy we often refer to this negative internal voice as the ‘inner critic’. Identifying this...
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