Praise is wonderful, isn’t it? When someone praises me, I get a lovely warm glow inside and feel great. And they say that the quickest way to get round someone is to flatter them. You have probably enjoyed being praised in your time too.
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3 Ways To Help Your Clients Readjust To Life After Trauma
The recently detraumatized may well need your help adjusting to their new lives.
Why There’s No Need to Relive the Trauma All Over Again
“My father murdered my mother. Right in front of me and my brother. The police came and took my dad away and eventually he was put in a secure psychiatric hospital. After that, me and John went to live with our grandparents. That’s when the real trouble started.”
3 Ways To Spot Trauma In Your Clients
“My mother put her hands tight around my throat and squeezed…The look on her face was… business-like… there was no way she was going to stop – until I was dead.”
7 Powerful Ways To Help Your Client Overcome Relationship Insecurity
You and I know that a healthy, loving, secure and mutually respectful relationship shelters us from life’s storms and gives us solace, stimulation and support. Healthy relationships are good for us.
A Simple Power Trick For Getting Stuff Done
We all enjoy fantasies of future success, but if fantasizing is all we do, we actually become less likely to transform these dreams into reality.
3 Soul Soothing Ways To Help Your Clients Overcome A Broken Heart
We talk of the ‘pain’ of break up and this word is more accurate than you might have realised. When we feel rejected from a relationship, the same parts of the brain that process physical pain become active.
4 Instant Ways To Help Your Depressed Clients Harness The Power Of Detail
Big picture thinking can spell big trouble for depressive thinkers. It can make them turn very specific woes into a global disaster zone.
3 Mindful Ways To Help Your Clients Get Out Of Touch With Their Feelings
‘Getting in touch with your feelings’ is something of a therapeutic cliché. As if we should be imploring our clients to remember to send their rage a Christmas card; call up their despair once in a while, or maybe regularly email their ennui.
Why are so many people depressed?
We asked our Uncommon Practitioners this question on our Facebook page and the response was fantastic with many wise words shared. Rather than one answer being the ‘right one’ or the only one, I see your informed replies as vital parts of a whole ‘mosaic’ of possible depression causes.
