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Gestalt therapy

What is Gestalt Therapy?

With so many different therapy styles, you might find yourself confused as to which to choose. Having specialised in Gestalt Psychotherapy for 6 years, I wanted to shed some insight. If you enjoy creativity, have curiosity in your body and an interest in living more choicefully, I urge you to read on.
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Suicide Prevention Guides

Suicide Prevention Guide

With suicide awareness day falling this month, we asked our community to feedback on their experience of suicide, how it's affected them and those around them. The response was huge. We've created two content care packages using the real-world experiences of our community alongside therapeutic advice. One for if someone you love is feeling suicidal and one for if you are having those feelings yourself, with the hope that it finds someone when they really need it.
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Understanding and Overcoming Addiction

Many of us at some time in our life will experience addiction. There are, after all, many things that we may find becoming more and more of a challenging issue and with which it is increasingly difficult to change our relationship.
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What I’d Like Men to Know about Men’s Therapy

Modern therapy and therapists are really not like the cliches you see: you won't find a clipboard and you won't be asked to lay down. You're in control. Yes, talking can be awkward at first, but it a great space to flex your mental agility.
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How to (Really) Practice Self Love: 4 Things To Remember

Self love is hard work. We see LOVE YOURSELF quotes screaming at us daily from our Instagram feeds, but what does it looks like in practice? What's the difference between self love and self reliance?
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Make Your Mind Your Ally

How To Make Your Mind Your Ally: A Solutions Focused Approach

The human mind, just like any other piece of fine technology, can get stuck. An endless circle of questions can cause the mind to jam in the desperate attempt to solve a dilemma which is not easily solved.
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Choosing a type of therapy

Choosing A Type Of Therapy – Where Do I Start?

Working your way through different types of therapy can be a slog. Here is a non-exhaustive list that might help guide you.
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Bearing Witness in the Aftermath of Violence

Bearing Witness in the Aftermath of Violence

I work with stories, stories that are often dark and despairing as they understandably would be in the aftermath of violence. Yet I know through my work that it is in the telling that we heal.
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Insight + Action = Change

Insight + Action = Change

The illusion of change implies that once we become aware of something, of a problem, of a solution, that this will immediately translate into us feeling better, or being “fixed” or “healed”.
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Guide to Grief in Trying Times

A Brief Guide to Grief in Trying Times

If you are grieving, no matter how long you have been there, I am so sorry that someone you love is no longer with you. I am sorry for the ways those of us on the outside haven’t always known how to walk with you in this.
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