3 most important changes in psychotherapy
Changes in psychotherapy The aims of psychotherapy are manifold. The resolution of mental health problems is what it is best known for. But alongside that goal there are several others:…
Changes in psychotherapy The aims of psychotherapy are manifold. The resolution of mental health problems is what it is best known for. But alongside that goal there are several others:…
[ez-toc] What is a good therapist? A good psychotherapist is one who shows clients how to be successful in therapy. That opening sentence was carefully phrased. It points to the…
Why is goal setting important? Evidence based-therapies such as those described in this blog seek to achieve measurable results that can be verified by clients themselves, as well as by…
What is psychotherapy for? I was recently at a party when a sceptical neighbour (a lawyer) challenged me about my profession. "Why do people need therapy?" he asked. My challenger…
What is normalising? Normalising is the art of reframing the problem from ‘weird’ and ‘alarming’ to ‘expectable’ and ‘soluble’. Expectable in terms of the cognitive and emotional characteristics of clients,…
Psychotherapy in practice Here is a summary of things I have learned about therapy over the years: No one technique or type of therapy works all the time The experience…
What works in therapy? When I graduated as a psychotherapist in 1990 I had been taught a lot of things that were never much use in therapy - watching out…