Moving out of Victim and into Vulnerable with the help of the Winner’s Triangle (Choy, 1990) The ability to shift away from high emotion and into self-regulation in relationship dynamics is a key determinant in whether a relationship is going to be successful or not. It’s natural and normal in relationships between people that thereContinue reading “Relationship dynamics:”
Author Archives: d1alogues
How to find a private therapist in 2024
Unfortunately finding a private therapist in the UK is no easy task and the sad fact is that pretty much anyone can have minimal training (or none at all!), set themselves up in private practice and charge an hourly fee. Also many big organisations are taking over the sector, charging you the client top dollarContinue reading “How to find a private therapist in 2024”
How we navigate Clinical Wills in 2024
Have you considered what might happen to your clients and supervisees if anything happens to you? I hadn’t until a major life change caused me to think of my personal Will. Then recently I was approached by a therapist whose supervisor had gone ‘radio silent’. No information, no contact, and no knowledge of whether theyContinue reading “How we navigate Clinical Wills in 2024”
Relationship dynamics
People often come to see me during or after a relationship breakdown. I help clients make sense of what’s happened in the relationship and clients are always keen to understand what they can do differently so that they can either repair the relationship or work on themselves so that, in the future, the same recurringContinue reading “Relationship dynamics”
Relationship Counselling
The specific area of relationship work that I’d like to focus on today is the kind of relationships that leave clients feeling confused, upset and stuck, usually after a disagreement. There is often a lack of satisfactory resolution for one partner and they repeatedly find themselves feeling uneasy, uncomfortable and as though they have toContinue reading “Relationship Counselling”
How my brain works
How My Brain Works This piece was written by : Barbara Koltuska-Haskin, Ph.D. and featured in Psychology Today. Please find a link to the original article below and if you’d like to make your own milk kefir drinks and smoothies, please send me an email. Why Kefir Is Good for Your “Second Brain” Kefir isContinue reading “How my brain works”
Dialogues Low Cost Counselling Service officially launched
I’m very excited to say that there is now a community, non profit counselling service in the heart of the Happy Valley of Hebden Bridge. I’ve always felt extremely strongly that good, professional counselling services shouldn’t only be available to those that can afford them. It’s really important that we are taking care of theContinue reading “Dialogues Low Cost Counselling Service officially launched”
Mother’s Day
At specific times of the year, difficult feelings (whilst they may be always present), can be triggered by additional pressures that are hard to avoid. If you haven’t enjoyed the best relationship with your mum, you might be experiencing painful feelings of loss and abandonment associated with that missing relationship. You might look at others’Continue reading “Mother’s Day”
Some exciting news…
I’ve made it my intention to post insights or blogs more frequently this year because I’ve wanted to reach out to as many people as possible and now with my private practice thriving and moving into supporting fellow professionals with my clinical supervision practice it feels like a good time to forge ahead and makeContinue reading “Some exciting news…”
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