So now my thoughts are to 'what would my advice to a person be if they want or think or are told they should be in therapy?'
My immediate thought is: unless you are suicidal or in such a bad situation that you need instant relief or medication ; I would advise to write down your problems and...
Yesterday I had my therapy session and I was in a very different mood as usual and discussed something that had been not finished from the previous session.
one of the things that came up during this session was about cancellation fees.
This was discussed when I first started with this...
following on from the previous post about 'sexuality'...
I finally caught up on zoom with a long time female friend and she is a therapist.
We got to know each other during a training for a psychotherapy method.
She was telling me how her family was a totally nightmare for her. How one of her...
the other week I was chatting to a friend who is a psychotherapist and this friend was telling me about a conference they had attended in Germany.
During the conference my friend had a chat with another psychotherapist and they both said: I've had no discussion about 'sexuality' in my training...
I went into therapy well over forty years ago... because of depression and suicidal thoughts.
I was 'depressed' during my secondary school years and ended up being prescribed antidepressants... but I never took them because I kept thinking 'how come I'm depressed and Johnny isn't?'
I had turned...
I had read Paul Conti's book first (refer to previous blog post) and then I was still searching and found Bessel van der Kolk
https://www.besselvanderkolk.com
The Body Keeps The Score
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel_van_der_Kolk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Body_Keeps_the_Score
I...
So, in my frustration of feeling like I wasn’t getting anywhere, the question about Trauma arose within me, very strongly in 2020. I was actually listening to a podcast from Lewis Howes with Jordan Peterson when I found Dr Paul Conti.
The podcast is entitled: Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic &...
In one of my prior postings I mentioned about an article from a therapist named Jonathan Alpert.
The article was here: Opinion | In Therapy Forever? Enough Already (Published 2012)
Jonathan's website is here: https://www.jonathanalpert.com
The book: https://www.jonathanalpert.com/the-book
Below...
in my last entry I mentioned that a Straight therapist got me to my first Gay Bar. I was early twenties. Scared and filled with anxiety.
The therapist told me about a gay bar down the road and offered to take me. I was shocked and somehow ashamed. Maybe I should have said 'yes' to him taking me...
I'm writing this because I feel the need to; I see others asking questions about the their lives on this site and sometimes I think these could / should be dealt with by a therapist!
But in truth I've started questioning the therapy I've received over the last 40+ years - on and off.
I've had...
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