Therapy

Using Stories in Counselling & Therapy

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.

When Can Therapy Make Things Worse?

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.

These 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.

How 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.

Inanimate Attachments, Dangerous Desires: Psychodynamics of Addiction

On 4th March 2017 Martin Weegmann joined Brighton Therapy Partnership to explore the role of addiction on our society, media portrayals of inebriation and dependence, and how as therapists we can work with these clients

Domestic Violence Counselling: Working with Victims and Perpetrators

We worked with Anna Motz to explore the dynamics of violent and abusive relationships. Anna is a leading Clinical and Forensic psychologist and psychotherapist working within the NHS.