When I’ve done everything ‘right’ and I’ve always tried my best, why hasn’t life turned out the way I wanted it to?

People come to therapy for lots of reasons. Often, it’s because they’ve hit a point in life where they realise that despite their best efforts, things just haven’t panned out the way they expected or wanted and they’re wondering whether there is more to life. Sometimes it’s because a partner has left them or betrayedContinue reading “When I’ve done everything ‘right’ and I’ve always tried my best, why hasn’t life turned out the way I wanted it to?”

The future of therapy practice.

One for the professionals among us. I love it when something pops into my consciousness that really makes me stop and reflect. For quite a while now, through the process of posting these blogs I have been working hard to communicate exactly what we do here at Dialogues and why. Sometimes successfully and sometimes not!Continue reading “The future of therapy practice.”

So how do you know if you’re ‘doing’ therapy right (and what may be going on in your therapist’s head when you ask that question?)

(5-minute read) This is a question I get asked sometimes by clients and I am really glad. It opens up the opportunity for me to enquire with the client about what’s going on for them. And what I mean by that is that I am interested in what’s driving that question. “But what if it’sContinue reading “So how do you know if you’re ‘doing’ therapy right (and what may be going on in your therapist’s head when you ask that question?)”

Wintering

TRIGGER WARNING contains subjects such as low mood and depression As the evenings draw in, maybe you’re looking forward to early nights, saying ‘no’ more frequently to social ‘do’s’ and cosying up and enjoying a hot drink in front of the fire. Or maybe you’re dreading the winter months because past winters have represented aContinue reading “Wintering”