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I Know The Pieces Fit
When I am writing up therapy plans I have a few theories and models that I typically utilise to help me develop an understanding of each...

blissings
Apr 13, 202415 min read
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I Just Don't Know What to do with Myself: Being Busy/Busy Be
In 2019 I was approached by a website called Sivana East to write something for them. I obliged with the below which I share here as I...

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Dec 19, 20233 min read
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The Bear - Fishes
I wrote the last blog having watched the first five or six episodes of series 2 of The Bear. I commented that Carmen was likely drawn...

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Nov 28, 20234 min read
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Author! Author! Part 2: The Bear
It’s not the most edifying of responses to ‘good’ news, instantly defaulting to hyper-vigilance toward some unknown threat. It doesn’t...

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Nov 24, 20236 min read
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Author, Author!
In 2021 I started to write a book. At this point I’d already written a memoir of sorts, which documented my mother’s battle with...

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Nov 23, 20237 min read
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Trauma, Silent Bob
My best pal turned to me in 1999 and said 'You have to watch Dogma. The director guy plays a part in it and the opening sequence is...

blissings
Sep 19, 20236 min read
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The Miracle is Not Some Magic
Encanto, Transactional Analysis and Psychotherapy Article originally published by Psychreg - for this edited version visit here My seven...

blissings
Mar 12, 202316 min read
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Real Ones - Domestic Violence, Toxic Masculinity, Accountability, Spirituality
Below is a conversation between two of the most interesting people/actors in the world (in my humble opinion). Jon Bernthal has starred...

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Feb 14, 20231 min read
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The Reflex II
To give the reader an idea of my process below is a reflexive essay I wrote at the end of my training. Assignment DPC C6: Personal...

blissings
Oct 21, 20229 min read
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The Reflex
The reflexivity of our city, OF OUR CITY! Below is an essay I wrote during my first year of training to be a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor....

blissings
Oct 19, 202217 min read
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The BBC Consider MH Representations in Film
Arwa Haider considers a recent biopic of RD Laing, a Scottish Psychiatrist whose books line my shelves (largely unread...shhh). ...

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Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Jun 7, 20220 min read
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Italo Calvino and Childhood
I first encountered Calvino when studying a module at University called 'Literature in Transition'. Cosmicomics is a collection of...

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May 25, 20227 min read
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What Are Children? What is Childhood?
As a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor for Children and Adolescents (I am currently training towards my adult qualification as well) I have...

blissings
May 4, 20228 min read
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Representations in What About Bob? and The Naked Professors
Since reading Lorraine Bracco’s (Dr. Jennifer Melfi in The Sopranos) comment in a recent Men’s Health article that many men accessed...

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May 3, 20229 min read
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May 3, 20220 min read
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May 3, 20220 min read
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Representations in Podcasts The Trauma Therapist
For the last year I have been writing reviews for the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and their quarterly publication New...

blissings
Apr 4, 20221 min read
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Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory
Guy-Evans, (2020, Nov 09 Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory. Simply Psychology. www.simplypsychology.org/Bronfenbrenner.html)...

blissings
Mar 6, 20221 min read
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Early and Often
A remarkable Ted Talk on how to help children thrive https://youtu.be/aISXCw0Pi94

blissings
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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