Supporting Mental Health and Emotional Well Being
Listening Between the Lines: How Counsellors Can Help Clients Hear Their Unconscious In the early stages of training, counsellors often focus on the fundamentals: building rapport, reflecting feelings, and staying in the client’s frame of reference. But as your experience deepens, you may begin to notice that what a client says is often only part …
How a Therapist Can help you to Access the Unconscious Read More »
As part of this series of articles on Counselling and Psychotherapy one challenge for therapists that requires careful attention is differentiating between two related but distinct disorders— the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Many clients may present with concerns that resemble OCD: intrusive thoughts, repetitive behaviours, excessive checking, reassurance-seeking, and …
Look Again: When OCD Could Be Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Read More »
My client is concerned her son aged 25 has a new girlfriend with Borderline Personality Disorder, and wonders what should she say to protect him from getting hurt? When our children grow up, they don’t stop being our children — but our role in their lives must evolve. One of the most challenging transitions for …
Protecting Our Adult Children in Relationships: A Delicate Balance Read More »