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May 23, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

The limitations of online therapy

Online psychotherapy is not a new concept; it was around before the pandemic and successfully used as a medium for delivering psychotherapy, counselling and coaching. However, what is new is how nearly all of us were obliged to work online to maintain continuity of sessions for our patients and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mark Vahrmeyer, Mental Health, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Online Counselling, Onlinetherapy, Psychotherapy

May 16, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

The Challenge of Change

While it might not be explicitly named, ‘change’ is often alluded to as a desirable outcome of psychotherapy. Thoughts about feeling, being and living differently are expressed and the client is invited to understand what it is that they want. The ‘wished for’ life can often feel desirable and easy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Work, Mental Health, Society Tagged With: challenges, Change, outcomes

May 16, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

The Challenge of Change

While it might not be explicitly named, ‘change’ is often alluded to as a desirable outcome of psychotherapy. Thoughts about feeling, being and living differently are expressed and the client is invited to understand what it is that they want. The ‘wished for’ life can often feel desirable and easy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Work, Mental Health, Society Tagged With: challenges, Change, outcomes

May 9, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Loneliness and CBT

People feel lonely for a wide range of reasons. Loneliness can be linked to mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, social anxiety, perfectionism, low self esteem or eating disorders. It can also be linked to autism, loss, difficulties disclosing, early adulthood, elderly. This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Rebecca Mead, Society Tagged With: anxiety, Depression, loneliness, social anxiety

May 2, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Thinking about origins

Where do you come from?It’s a question that many of us will have either asked, or been asked. What do we actually mean when we ask that of someone? Are we merely searching for a reference point as a means of friendly inquiry, or are we seeking something else?When we think about identity and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Work, Relationships, Society Tagged With: identity, origin, Relationships

April 25, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

“I’m interested in therapy but isn’t it a bit self-indulgent?”

Some of the people I see exploring whether to begin therapy, often express doubts as to whether their troubles are significant enough. I often hear the refrain – “nothing that bad has happened to me, maybe I’m just being self-indulgent, or isn’t this all a bit naval gazing?.” I think simplified, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Relationships, Society Tagged With: Mental Health, Psychodynamic, Relationships, society

April 18, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

The Process of Joining a Therapy Group

Below, I am going to outline the process for joining a therapy group. It is important to say at the outset that I am describing my own practice and while the underlying principles will generally be shared by other group analysts, the specific processes and procedures will be variable. Taking the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Claire Barnes, Groups, Mental Health Tagged With: group psychotherapy, group therapy, support groups

April 11, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Some thoughts on becoming (part two) …

“‘This - is now my way - where is yours?’ Thus did I answer those who asked me ‘the way’. For the way - it doth not exist!”(Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra)Nietzsche (1961) conceives of people as a process of becoming and thus creative and transformative in nature. Nietzsche (1973) calls … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Relationships, Society, Susanna Petitpierre Tagged With: existential psychotherapy, Existential Therapy, Relationships

April 4, 2022 by BHP 2 Comments

How are you?

How are you at just sitting down quietly by yourself? Some years ago I completed a mindfulness meditation course and first encountered the philosopher Pascal‘s assertion that, ‘all the misfortunes of men derive from one single thing, which is their inability to be at ease in a room’. Our teacher … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chris Horton, Mental Health, Relationships Tagged With: meditation, Mindfulness, wellbeing

March 28, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Some thoughts on becoming (part one) …

“First we are written and then we write."  These words resound in my head daily. Helene Cixous, the speaker of those words, was immediately given special and spacial status in my lived experience. Her words speaking to the many dynamic forces that seemingly make up my lived experience including … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Relationships, Society, Susanna Petitpierre Tagged With: existential psychotherapy, Existential Therapy, Relationships

March 21, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Demystifying Mental Health Issues

In the last few years there has been increased awareness of mental health issues in the media, way before the pandemic hit. Mental health professionals are seeing a growing mental health epidemic which has become significantly worse due to the human and financial cost of Covid-19, prolonged … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Sam Jahara, Society Tagged With: anxiety, Depression, Mental Health

March 14, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Understanding Sexual Desire

All couples in long term pairings know something of the vicissitudes of desire. The sexual intensity that more often typifies the early stages of a new relationship cannot remain the same over years of familiarity. The up close and personal experience of day to day coupledom means witnessing one’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gerry Gilmartin, Relationships, Sexuality Tagged With: couples therapy, Relationships, sexuality

March 7, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Thinking about the menopause in energetic terms

I often have women clients who are going through the peri-menopause or who are post-menopause and I am curious about how I might better support them therapeutically. I want to share some thoughts from a recent talk by Joanna Groves where she invited us to think about the peri- and post-menopause in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ageing, Angela Rogers, Relationships Tagged With: Ageing, anxiety, Menopause

February 28, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Out of sight, out of mind

Available entertainment over the recent end of year break included the chance to laugh at the prospect of us all being killed. The climate crisis satire, ‘Don’t Look Up’ presented a mirror of our times, with scientists struggling to communicate imminent planetary annihilation by comet to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy, Chris Horton Tagged With: Depression, society, transactional analysis

February 21, 2022 by BHP Leave a Comment

Pornography and the Online Safety bill

Having just come off a phone call with the Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Policy Lead, my thoughts have been drawn to the enormity of the problem we face with pornography and the ‘pornification’ of society, particular the world of young people.Pornography use has become ubiquitous and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mark Vahrmeyer, Relationships, Sexuality, Society Tagged With: addiction, Depression, Self-esteem

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