Psychotherapists and Counsellors Answer your Questions

Committing to therapy for myself was the best thing I have done, and none so much or so meaningfully as the therapy I undertook while training as a holistic counsellor and psychotherapist. It has...

Committing to therapy for myself was the best thing I have done, and none so much or so meaningfully as the therapy I undertook while training as a holistic counsellor and psychotherapist. It has given me a deeper understanding of myself and others, of the ways in which we are hindered and supported in our individual process of living, and what it actually means to 'heal'. In working on myself, I have developed a greater compassion. This was largely through one of the hardest things, which is to face those aspects of myself I denied or suppressed, otherwise known as shadow work (Jungian) and integrating them through awareness. This remains an ongoing process.

I think the best advice I have been given has been that attention seeking behaviour is really connection seeking behaviour. Once you apply this lens you can see beyond the persons behaviour to the...

I think the best advice I have been given has been that attention seeking behaviour is really connection seeking behaviour. Once you apply this lens you can see beyond the persons behaviour to the pain they may be experiencing. This has helped me in professional and personal relationships, especially as a parent.

My own personal therapy has helped me to see the ways in which my past has influenced my present behaviour. It has given me awareness and provided me with strategies to work towards becoming more of...

My own personal therapy has helped me to see the ways in which my past has influenced my present behaviour. It has given me awareness and provided me with strategies to work towards becoming more of the person I want to be.