Articles Index

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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
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past
How does psychotherapy work?

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

Anxiety
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past

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
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past

Counselling – how does it work?
How does psychotherapy work? 

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

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

Drama Triangle
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past

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
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past
How does psychotherapy work? 

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
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past

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
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past
How does psychotherapy work? 

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?  
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

Munchausen syndrome / Munchausen syndrome by proxy
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past

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

Projection, projection and denial, projective identification
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past

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

Psychotherapy – how does it work?
How does psychotherapy work? 

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

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?
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
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past
How does psychotherapy work? 

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

The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past

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

Therapy – how does it work?
How does psychotherapy work? 

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

Transference
The childhood blueprint
The Drama Triangle: reinforcing the unresolved past
How does psychotherapy work? 

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