Dealing with toxic people is difficult, and a good therapist needs to show their clients how.
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If you are a therapist or coach of any persuasion; counsellor, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, life coach, bodyworker, in fact anyone who works in the helping professions, you will glean valuable, actionable ideas, tips and techniques from Clear Thinking, my free therapy techniques newsletter.
In it you'll find a wide range of topics including solution focused therapy approaches, cognitive-behavioural therapy techniques, ideas from DBT, hypnotherapy, counselling and even the occasional philosophical piece. I've been treating people with psychotherapy for more than 30 years and I've drawn what I find useful from many fields. I hope you find it helps you in your practice too, whatever flavour of helper you are.
How to Help Your Clients Achieve Their Therapy Goals
A quick and easy guide on how to set therapy goals your client feels motivated to achieve.
The Psychology Of Persuasion (And How To Inoculate Yourself Against Manipulation)
How is it that some people – and some situations – can persuade us so much more than others?
Story Therapy: Why It Works And How To Do It With Your Clients
Story therapy at the right time can facilitate psychological and even physical healing.
5 Sensual Ways To Encourage Your Clients To Enjoy Healthy Pleasures
Why pleasure is so important and how therapists can gently encourage ways to re-introduce it in negative clients
5 Heroic Ways To Help Your Clients Deal With A Narcissist
Here are 5 tips to help you help a client who may be stuck in the web of a sociopathic narcissist (or someone with ‘Narcissistic Personality Disorder’).
5 Vital Facts To Tell Your Clients About Antidepressants
Many people are injured by the medical products they use. From anxiety and sleep disorders to sexual dysfunction and suicidal ideation, all antidepressant products carry a risk of side effects.
The Dangers of Excessive Praise
Praise is wonderful, isn’t it? When someone praises me, I get a lovely warm glow inside and feel great. And they say that the quickest way to get round someone is to flatter them. You have probably enjoyed being praised in your time too.
3 Ways To Help Your Clients Readjust To Life After Trauma
The recently detraumatized may well need your help adjusting to their new lives.
Why There’s No Need to Relive the Trauma All Over Again
“My father murdered my mother. Right in front of me and my brother. The police came and took my dad away and eventually he was put in a secure psychiatric hospital. After that, me and John went to live with our grandparents. That’s when the real trouble started.”
