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What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? Can Cognitive Behavioural Therapy help with anxiety and depression?

Three ways we try to balance our emotions

Three ways we try to balance our emotions

We regulate our emotions using three systems according to Paul Gilbert who founded Compassion Focused Therapy.  We, by default, stay in threat mode (that’s why you rarely see someone smiling when they are simply ‘being’). This is due to our evolutionary DNA and ‘wiring’. Of …

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Common confessions during counselling

Common confessions during counselling

Common Confessions I’ve been working as a counsellor for so long that being privy to people’s secrets almost seems normal to me. When I get a new client phoning up and asking me what goes on in a counselling session, it reminds me how alien …

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What is Pathological Demand Avoidance?

What is Pathological Demand Avoidance?

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a form of autism that may also affect the way a person communicates and relates to other people. People with PDA may experience challenges such as specific learning difficulties, but their central difficulty is that they are driven to avoid …

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Six Ways Low Self Esteem Hinders You

Six Ways Low Self Esteem Hinders You

Everyone wants to feel loved but when a person has low self-esteem they can appear more needy and insecure than the average individual.If you have low self-esteem, it’s time to make increasing your self-esteem a priority.Allowing low self-esteem to pervade will hinder you immensely in …

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves obsessions (thoughts) and compulsions (behaviour).It is a severely debilitating disorder that can interfere with daily living and cause problems with all aspects of life. Most people have heard of obsessive-compulsive disorder but very few understand the full implications of living …

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Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

Also known as Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder A personality disorder is a distorted way of thinking. The exact cause is still not known but from my experience and research with people who have Borderline Personality Disorder – all of them have experienced abusive childhoods in …

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What is your method of escape?

What is your method of escape?

  What is your method of escape? We learn ways to escape from a young age. When the stress/distress becomes too much, we seek ways to release the pressure. Sometimes these methods of escape are positive and healthy but more often than not, they aren’t …

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Surviving Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Surviving Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

FAQ’s In Conversation with Linda Jones – Survivor of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and more so, why should we care? Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is another term for it is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis – it is a long-term condition in which individuals …

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Mind Over Matter

Mind Over Matter

Mind and body are inextricably interlinked. Here are some amazing examples: 1)Meditation and body temperature Buddhist monks are able to achieve a state of consciousness during meditation where they are able to control their body temperature. They have the ability to meditate for hours on end, …

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Life traps that we all experience

Life traps that we all experience

Life Traps that we all experience Life traps are situations in life that we find hard or difficult to escape from. Certain kinds of thinking and acting result in a vicious circle when, however hard we try, things seem to get worse instead of better. …

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