Tag: mental-health
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Modern-day loneliness
Over the past year or so, the therapy world has been debating (and at times fretting) over the advance of technology, especially Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its potential impact on counselling and psychotherapy. It’s a dialogue that is absolutely necessary in my opinion and each practitioner needs to decide how they want to respond whilst…
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Understanding indecision
“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity” Marcus Tullius Cicero (Roman philosopher) I had the strangest experience when it came to writing my blog this month. I just couldn’t decide what to focus on. I love writing my monthly ponderings and so it came as a shock when…
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Dealing with disappointment
“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.” Henry David Thoreau We somehow find us ourselves at the start of another year (is it just me or has time sped up)? And for many of us, we’ll be experiencing a fair bit of disappointment this month. Whether it’s…
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Love heals (literally)
“Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth” Aldous Huxley, writer and philosopher. “It’s coming on Christmas” as Joni Mitchell sings and for most of us this is a time of coming together…
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Projection anyone?
“The most dangerous psychological mistake is the projection of the shadow onto others; this is the root of almost all conflicts.” Carl Jung This month, I thought I’d explore a meaty concept which comes up a lot in therapy, projection. As the quote from Carl Jung explains, projection is a psychological process which has a great…
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Being bold, being brave
“Only boldness can deliver us from fear.” Carl Jung (If you’d like to hear an audio version of this post, then head on over to my Substack!) The other day I was lucky enough to be enjoying a facial courtesy of a very kind Christmas present (lucky me), and the therapist asked me to draw…
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