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Survivors of Domestic Abuse in Counselling
A lot of training on domestic abuse focuses on the abuser, but when Christiane Sanderson came to talk to us she focused on the effects on abusive victims coming to therapy, and on a wider definition of domestic abuse beyond the more widely understood physical element.
Read MoreWorking with Projective Identification in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Mostly these unconscious projections will just pass us by, but there may be times when we end up feeling extremely troubled, angry, inadequate, impotent or just rather fazed in the face of unconscious projections from others.
Read MoreSupporting Clients with an Anxious Attachment Style
This article looks in detail at anxious attachment and the role therapists can play in their lives. It distills some of the key learning points from a Brighton Therapy Partnership training course with Linda Cundy.
Read MoreCan Psychotherapy Cause Harm?
Can psychotherapy cause harm? When does it become harmful for clients? These are rarely examined questions, and no psychotherapist or counsellor sets out to cause harm in practice.
Read MoreRisk in Young People
The following article is written by Brighton Therapy Partnership trainer Rebecca Kirkbride, and looks at the challenges of working with risk with young people.
Read MoreInterview with Christiane Sanderson
Christiane Sanderson has been delivering Brighton Therapy Partnership workshops for several years, including sessions on trauma, shame, and childhood sexual abuse.
Read MoreRelational Psychotherapy – an Interview with Dr Helena Hargaden
Dr Helena Hargaden is one of the foremost experts in relational psychotherapy. She describes this methodology as taking psychotherapy ‘into the twenty-first century’ and draws upon a range of disciplines within psychology and neuroscience.
Read MoreSpotlight on Phil Mollon – a Voice Against the Psychotherapy Status Quo
Dr Phil Mollon qualified in clinical psychology at Leeds University in 1976 whilst behaviourism was still in its heyday. Yet already at this early stage in his training, Phil wasn’t one to meekly sit back and accept the commonly espoused ideas of the day.
Read MoreThese Three Exercises Will Help You Understand Shame
Our recent training day with Chrissie Sanderson was designed to give techniques for working with shame in the counselling environment, how to broach the issue of shame without triggering it, and what is needed to counteract it when it overwhelms.
Read MoreHow to Make Counselling Supervision More Effective
All counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK need to take their work regularly to supervision. They review their work with a supervisor so that they can keep working effectively and safely with their clients.
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