psychoanalysis

10 Books about Eating Disorders

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Eating disorders are rarely just about food. They often reflect complex relationships with the body, identity, attachment, emotion, trauma, control, and culture. As therapists, we’re invited to look beyond symptoms…

Why Traumatic Memory Is Different

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If you have ever sat with a client who suddenly goes somewhere else, eyes glazed, voice flat, telling you a story that does not quite hang together, you have already…

When Food Becomes the Language

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At some point in almost every therapist’s career, someone arrives in therapy with a complicated relationship with food. It might be named clearly, as binge eating or bulimia, or it…

Is Your Private Practice Actually Working For You?

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This is something I see cropping up a lot. Therapists posting on social media about not getting enough client referrals and feeling the squeeze of the current economic climate. I…

The Cost of Therapy

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Ahead of her workshop on ‘Thriving in Private Practice’ on Friday 5th June, Jeanine Connor shares some of her thoughts on factors that might influence what fee we might charge…

When Shame Comes into the Room

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Shame is a ubiquitous feeling that impacts all of us, is highly prevalent in therapy work, and yet little was known or discussed about it until a few decades ago.…