…self-harm can begin to work like an addiction in which expectation, ritual, and the activation of ‘reward pathways’ in the brain, mediated by dopamine and endorphin release, all play a…
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What is the Inner Child?
Continue reading »…all. Metaphors can be empowering or they can be disempowering. For example, the metaphor and misrepresentation of addiction as an incurable disease may empower some to accept they need to…
3 Ways to Help Your Clients Control Their Emotions
Continue reading »…A seed long buried under the hard, cold ground finally finding its way towards the light. When uncontrolled emotion runs wild despair, anger, violence, jealousy and addiction can sweep us…
How to Help Smokers Believe They Can Quit in One Session
Continue reading »…a week’s time or a month’s time, but there is one that has your name on it. Banish physical addiction through urgency People do get buried by their own mountains…
Let Real Sessions with Real Clients Quietly Develop Your Therapeutic Intuition
Continue reading »…problems of today stress, anxiety, overwhelm, addiction, depression, break ups and break downs. I cannot recommend highly enough and the value is off the chart. A very much needed resource….keep…
How to Help Your Stressed Clients Quickly
Continue reading »…addiction, from acute anger and insomnia to relationship problems, stress is the cause and the outcome of so many seemingly insurmountable problems. Physically, too, long-term stress – the gnawing sense…
Unspeakable Maternal Cruelty
Continue reading »…out. Parental ‘weaknesses’ such as addiction or feckless immaturity can at least be understood by their offspring. They may still have some love and affection. Plenty of adults come through…
Let Real Sessions with Real Clients Quietly Develop Your Therapeutic Intuition
Continue reading »…anxiety, overwhelm, addiction, depression, break ups and break downs. I cannot recommend highly enough and the value is off the chart. A very much needed resource….keep going. Read Less -…
Eating disorders
Continue reading »…focus on thinking styles the ‘force of habit’ effect of unhealthy behaviours finding healthy ways to meet emotional needs. Eating disorders and addiction Eating disorder behaviour patterns very closely follow…
How to Use CBT for Anger Management
Continue reading »…compel us towards the object of our feeling. Lust, greed, addiction and, yes, anger do just that. When doing therapy, we often find that people who suffer from ‘away from’…
