counselling

Sex represents more than the physical act. It can represent intimacy, connection and desire. A loss of sex in long term relationships can therefore mean a lot more to a client than just the loss of the sex itself.

This article looks at the power of a personal story in the eyes of narrative therapy, and how we can develop and change the stories we tell about ourselves in order to change our lives.

With our upcoming event on narrative therapy, we wanted to look at the topic and answer the question ‘what is narrative therapy?’

Therapy is a force for good, but it needs to be acknowledged that sometimes therapy can make things worse. This is a challenging read for therapists and counsellors, but an important one nonetheless.

The following article is written by Brighton Therapy Partnership trainer Rebecca Kirkbride, and looks at the challenges of working with risk with young people.

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.