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:…
Looking for a good therapist?
[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…
Solution focus: goal setting
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…
Do you need psychotherapy?
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…
1. The power in normalising problems
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,…
How psychotherapy works
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…
7 cool things they don’t teach you at therapy school
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…