If we are to help our bullied clients, the first thing we need to understand is what exactly is happening when someone is being bullied.
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If you are a therapist or coach of any persuasion; counsellor, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, life coach, bodyworker, in fact anyone who works in the helping professions, you will glean valuable, actionable ideas, tips and techniques from Clear Thinking, my free therapy techniques newsletter.
In it you'll find a wide range of topics including solution focused therapy approaches, cognitive-behavioural therapy techniques, ideas from DBT, hypnotherapy, counselling and even the occasional philosophical piece. I've been treating people with psychotherapy for more than 30 years and I've drawn what I find useful from many fields. I hope you find it helps you in your practice too, whatever flavour of helper you are.
6 Easy Behavioural Interventions for Anxiety
Help your clients beat bursts of heightened anxiety.
Should You Ever Pass Judgement on Your Clients?
Three tips to help you work effectively with clients who challenge your therapeutic objectivity.
Research Roundup 6: Redefining Problems, the Benefits of Rising Early, and Why Social Bonding Can Lead to Violence
The sixth instalment in this occasional series continues to navigate the boundless ocean of psychological research.
5 Proven Behavioural Interventions for Depression
As terrible as depression is, some simple interventions can be surprisingly effective in relieving symptoms. Use these techniques to help clients rediscover their enjoyment of life.
10 More Top CBT Worksheets Websites
CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) remains one of the most widely used therapeutic treatment approaches in mental health today. Reinvigorate your CBT toolbox with this list of resources.
Treating the Grief of Dashed Life Expectations
We can and do grieve for the life we’d imagined when it doesn’t transpire. Listen to my answer to a Q&A question concerning the grief of dashed expectations.
Research Roundup 5: Depressed Language, 5-Year Olds’ Reputations and Do You Phub People?
An exploration of some recent findings from the world of psychology research.
How to Use CBT for Anger Management
Anger is not good or bad, but it needs to be contextual, useful and, because of its health and other implications, infrequent. Use these 7 steps and 3 CBT techniques to help clients regain control.
The Dark Side of Your Emotional Needs – Meaning
When our lives feel meaningful we are energized and focused. Even suffering is made more bearable. So when the human need for meaning is met in an unhealthy way, it can wreak havoc.
