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Anger
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked
Letting go and grieving well
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3
The childhood blueprint
Getting to know your deeper self: the left/right journal

Anniversaries
Endings and beginnings: those difficult times of year

Anti-depressants
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked

Ambivalent attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 2/4: ambivalent or preoccupied attachment

Attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 1/4: avoidant or dismissive attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 2/4: ambivalent or preoccupied attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 4/4: secure and earned secure attachment

Avoidant attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 1/4: avoidant or dismissive attachment

Bereavement
Endings and beginnings: those difficult times of year
Letting go and grieving well

Co-dependence, co-dependency
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 2/4: ambivalent or preoccupied attachment

Counselling – is it for me?
Is counselling or psychotherapy for me?
Hope in the therapy room

Couple counselling
What is this thing called love?

Couples in (mis)communication

Denial
Letting go and grieving well

Depersonalisation
Psychosomatic symptoms: are they all in the mind?
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3

Depression
Letting go and grieving well
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3

Dismissive attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 1/4: avoidant or dismissive attachment

Disorganised attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment

Dissociation
Psychosomatic symptoms: are they all in the mind?
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3

Earned secure attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 4/4: secure and earned secure attachment

Emotions
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3
The childhood blueprint
Getting to know your deeper self: the left/right journal

Endings
Endings and beginnings: those difficult times of year
Letting go and grieving well

Expectations
Seeing what we expect to see: the magic lamp and the circle of trauma
The childhood blueprint

Fear
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked

Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment

Fearful attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment

Feelings
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked

Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3
The childhood blueprint
Getting to know your deeper self: the left/right journal

Fury
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked

Grief
Letting go and grieving well
Endings and beginnings: those difficult times of year

Happiness
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked

Hope
Hope in the therapy room

Journal writing
Getting to know your deeper self: the left/right journal

Love
What is this thing called love?
Couples in (mis)communication
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 1/4: avoidant or dismissive attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 2/4: ambivalent or preoccupied attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 4/4: secure and earned secure attachment

Mind and body
Psychosomatic symptoms: are they all in the mind?
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3

Preoccupied attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 2/4: ambivalent or preoccupied attachment

Post traumatic stress
Psychosomatic symptoms: are they all in the mind?
Seeing what we expect to see: the magic lamp and the circle of trauma
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3
The childhood blueprint

Psychosomatic symptoms
Psychosomatic symptoms: are they all in the mind?
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3

Psychotherapy – is it for me?
Is counselling or psychotherapy for me?
Hope in the therapy room

Rage
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked

Relationships
Endings and beginnings: those difficult times of year
What is this thing called love?
Couples in (mis)communication
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 1/4: avoidant or dismissive attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 2/4: ambivalent or preoccupied attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 4/4: secure and earned secure attachment
Getting to know your deeper self: the left/right journal

Sadness
Emotions: why they’re all useful, and the cycle of problems when emotions are blocked

Secure attachment
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 4/4: secure and earned secure attachment

Therapy – is it for me?
Is counselling or psychotherapy for me?
Hope in the therapy room

Trauma
Psychosomatic symptoms: are they all in the mind?
Seeing what we expect to see: the magic lamp and the circle of trauma
Love, attachment and intimacy. Part 3/4: disorganised or fearful attachment
Body calming exercise – with downloadable MP3
The childhood blueprint
Getting to know your deeper self: the left/right journal