I am quickly becoming a big fan of Moya Sarner. I have just finished her book “When I grow Up-conversations with adults in search of adulthood”. I love the book, and Sarner’s writing, which is personal, kind and generous as well as being interesting and incredibly relevant. Reading the book felt like a conversation over …
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Alain De Botton: A Therapeutic Journey video lecture
I am a fan of the School Life series of books and informational videos on all thing philosophy, therapy, relationships and life. In this video, School of Life founder Alain De Botton talks about his book, A Therapeutic Journey, and explains what goes on for people, and how therapy can help.
bell hooks on self-love.
Love is action. This includes self love. For anyone familiar with bell hooks, you will know that she was a social activist, writer and professor, who offered blazing and vital critiques on class, race and sexism. Her work is brilliant, though provoking and necessary. In ‘All About love’ she critiques the passive notion of romantic …
ADHD in the Therapy room with Aspire Autism Consultancy.
I have recently finished some enlightening training on working with ADHD in the counselling room with the lovely Deborah & Ruth at Aspire Autism Consultancy. I have done alot of training courses over the years, and this has felt like one of the most important. I often work with queer, trans or LGB clients who …
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Belonging.
“When I get to be myself I belong, if I have to be like you I fit in”. Belonging and connection are themes that are often appear in counselling. It sometimes feels that most often at heart of what clients bring to counselling are feelings of not belonging and not connecting. This can be with …
Anxiety; sometimes it’s hard be to be a human (and how counselling can help).
“You may come to counselling believing that something is wrong with you when you are experiencing anxiety. However anxiety is as much a social issue as a personal one. We live in a world full of pressures and obligations. So if you come to therapy with high anxiety, the first step is to help you …
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Languishing…maybe one of the most relatable moods of this last year?
“The absence of wellbeing..languishing is the vast, meh-coloured desert between flourishing and depression, a general condition of non-thriving” You know you are languishing if you experience burnout, you feel numb, it’s hard to focus and your mojo has disappeared. And most important, it is a rational reaction to a very irrational year. What to do …
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On Connection
“We are empathic beings who feel for each other. Our very success as a species is rooted in our ability to be aware of each other’s needs, to notice each other’s pain and to experience deeply felt physiological and emotional empathy.”― Kae Tempest, On Connection I recently read the beautiful book “On Connection” by poet, performer, …
Nat Creighton Counselling 