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Perspectives on Interpretation in Psychoanalytic Counselling
Dr Maggie Turp, Dr Aaron Balick and Patrick Casement came together to discuss the nature and value of ‘the interpretation’ in counselling. Is it still a valid therapeutic tool? Or has it reached the end of its useful shelf life?
Read MoreHow to Work With Trauma in Therapy
Margaret Landale ran a Brighton Therapy Partnership training course in November 2016 on how to work with trauma, and how powerful the therapeutic relationship can be in providing a space where a client can begin to feel safe to process the trauma. We’ve condensed some of the takeaways for those who couldn’t make it to help you work with trauma in your own practice.
Read MoreCounselling for Technology Addiction in Teenagers
There are stories all over the news at the moment of young people’s poor mental health and high levels of anxiety and depression in girls. This causes much concern for counsellors.
Read MoreInterview with Maggie Turp
In the third and final interview with our speakers from the upcoming conference, What Makes a Good Intervention in Therapy?, we spoke to Maggie Turp.
Read MoreA Compassion Focused Therapy Approach to Shame
Dr Chris Irons returned to discuss Compassion Focused Therapy, and its use as an approach to shame and trauma.
Read MoreInterview with Dr Aaron Balick
Dr Aaron Balick will be speaking at our upcoming Interpretation Conference alongside Patrick Casement and Maggie Turp. His topic is “Using the Relationship in Therapy: What makes a relationship with “me” so special?”
Read MoreInterview with Patrick Casement
We interviewed Patrick to talk to him on the topics of his work, his life, and his feelings around the direction of therapeutic practice. Learn from one of the greatest minds in our profession, whose career was rich with experiences and whose made it his mission to continuously be ‘learning from life’.
Read MoreWorking With Young People in Your Counselling Practice
When it comes to counselling, understanding your client is key. Young people are often in a very different mental space than adults, due to the physiological and cultural specifics of adolescence.
Read MoreThe Long-Term Impact of Boarding School
Boarding School Syndrome is not a medical category, but a proposal that there is an identifiable cluster of learned behaviours and emotional states that may follow growing up in boarding school, which can lead to serious psychological distress.
Read MoreWhat Counsellors Need to Know About Dissociation
What is dissociation? Why does dissociation happen? How can we help our clients who dissociate? This article looks at dissociation and its relationship to trauma.
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