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…
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…
7. The easy way to solution-focused change
What is solution-focused change? In solution-focused change we move from problems to possibilities and solutions. First establishing the goals for change, then exploring existing solutions, before looking at possibilities for…
0. How people change (New series on personal change)
Personal change I have been a student of personal change ever since I was a depressed teenager reading Dale Carnegie's How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (although that book…
Keeping Brief therapy brief
What is Brief therapy? Brief therapy does not necessarily mean 'fast therapy'. What it does mean is a focus on creating personal change for the client in each and every…
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…
The Buddha and Psychotherapy
The Buddha and the search for enlightenment After Siddhartha Gautama was enlightened he became the Buddha. Before that time he had been first a great prince and then, after his…
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…