Individual Counseling
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Believing Someone Can Change Versus Trying To Make Them Change
More therapists should take heed of the classic idiom “You can lead a horse to water but you...
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Take Responsibility For Your Life
A lot of mental health professionals are complicit in projection. In trying to inhabit the role of non-judgmental,...
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Problem Saturated Story
A central goal of narrative therapy is to help a client move away from the problem saturated story....
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Battle Of Wills In Therapy
Many people who decide to go to therapy bring a certain level of hostility and guardedness into the...
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Feeling Like A Failure At The Start Of Therapy
People who decide to seek professional help for their life issues after struggling with these issues for a...
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Use The Pronoun ‘I’ When Discussing Your Thoughts And Feelings
When you listen to people being interviewed, talking about themselves and their experiences, you’ll notice they invariably use...
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Everyone Is A Philosopher
Everyone is a philosopher, and it’s these personal philosophical systems that guide our life orientations and resulting choices....
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Focusing On Growth Or Focusing On Dysfunction
There is no clear-cut answer as to whether clinicians should focus their attention on growth, on helping clients...
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The Unconscious And Asking Clients About The Why Of Their Behaviors
Freud’s greatest discovery, that much of human behavior is motivated by unconscious forces, has resulted in an unintended...
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Preoccupied With Life Changes
“When I accept myself as I am, then I can change.” – Carl Rogers The paradox about life...
