One: It’s a method of treatment that works by helping people understand how they create problematic patterns of thinking, feeling, acting, and relating. Two: Such problems usually recreate patterns, problems and solutions from early intimate relationships. Like never forgetting how … Read More
What stops people from delivering their best performance? Why did Andy Murray collapse at 2-0 up in the third set of the Australian Open? The answer might lie in what is referred to as derailing. For reasons unknown Murray lost … Read More
If you suffer from non-specific anxiety states, everyday life can become very difficult. It may not be clear where the anxiety comes from, but nonetheless it can be operating in an on going way. Over time such feelings can spoil … Read More
I found this a compelling account of working through bereavement, the loss in this case of the narrator’s father. The book is an account of how the narrator (Helen) comes to acquire, train and co-habit with Mabel, the goshawk. It is … Read More
This is not your common or garden things-going-bump-in-the-night horror film, though there are plenty of bumps. The Babadook is positioned more within the psychology of horror, and in particular within the area of the horror that is traumatic bereavement. What … Read More
Moods are subtle, changeable, and often hard to identify. You can lose yourself for long periods of time in a mood. Moods are absorbing and generate their own kind of reality. They can cut you off from the world. There … Read More
Executive coaching as a discipline is interested in coaches obtaining elements from psychotherapy training. There are feelings that coaches should know themselves well before they attempt to know others. Yet, nowadays, running counter to the value of depth, the … Read More
When trying to understand and change your leadership style, it can be helpful to find or develop a metaphor which helps you think about the way you work, a metaphor which stands outside your daily working practices. For example, whilst coaching … Read More
A coaching client I will call Michelle knows that she can become hard on herself. She reports a negative critical voice, which under certain situations will quickly undermine her. It picks on her achievements, undermines her confidence and spoils the relationships … Read More
Discovering you have failed, be it an exam, an interview, a relationship or a cup final can be crushing. It is not what you planned for and somehow you have to find the energy to carry on, to remain resilient. … Read More