Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapists can get very squeamish about the use of diagnosis in psychotherapy. Diagnosing characterological or personality types is seen as a step too far towards the medical model: clients are pathologised in the diagnosis and subsequently treated as if they have a psychological flaw that requires ‘fixing’ or ‘curing’. We tend to […]
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Is your relationship going through a rough patch or are you simply stuck in a rut? I am an experienced couples counsellor and have worked with many, many couples over the past twelve years helping them to stay together and move into a new phase of their relationship or, sometimes, helping them to separate in […]
These days when people call me to inquire about counselling or psychotherapy I find I am increasingly being asked whether or not I also practice CBT or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Usually this is because they have been advised by their GP or another health professional that CBT is the most efficient therapy for dealing with […]
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