Miscellaneous

Thank You, Tommy Hanchen

We celebrate the life and mourn the passing of our friend and colleague, Tommy Hanchen; a man so very loved in his professional and personal life. His many years of journeying with cancer as his teacher and opponent came to an end on 2nd November 2020. Tommy Hanchen Tommy was instrumental in the [...]

2020-12-24T15:47:05+00:00December 24th, 2020|Miscellaneous|

A Gift for The Codependent

Here comes the season of giving...and giving...and giving... This blog contains a gift for people who have Codependent patterns (that usually includes anyone whose role and identity are focused on giving care to others). Before I unwrap it, consider this. Ever opened a Christmas or New Year gift and found that inside was something that [...]

2019-12-05T19:06:47+00:00December 11th, 2018|Articles, Miscellaneous|

What personal qualities do I need to become a Psychotherapist?

Being a Psychotherapist is not just about academic or analytic achievement. In your application process we are also keen to assess the personal qualities that are needed to be a safe, effective and sufficiently robust professional. Those qualities include: A lively and enquiring mind An ability to experiment and value learning from mistakes as much [...]

2021-09-29T16:33:24+01:00December 5th, 2018|Articles, Miscellaneous|

‘Dry January’ – The Morning After By Pamela Gawler-Wright

This article was first published by Pamela in January 2016 So here we are, knocking on February’s door, with Christmas excesses a distant memory and 2016 has unfolded its first wet and windy month. Several people have shared with me their experience of another seasonal ritual growing in popularity known as “Dry January” – a [...]

2018-01-04T12:39:38+00:00January 4th, 2018|Articles, Miscellaneous, Psychotherapy|

A Gift for the Codependent By Pamela Gawler-Wright

Here comes the season of giving…and giving…and giving… This blog contains a gift for people who have Codependent patterns (that usually includes anyone whose role and identity are focused on giving care to others). Before I unwrap it, consider this. Ever opened a Christmas or New Year gift and found that inside was something that [...]

2022-01-12T13:51:26+00:00June 12th, 2017|Miscellaneous|

Constructing Recovery from Addiction

This form of research is sometimes called “modelling”, wherein the researcher gathers detailed information about the subject’s internal processes of reality construction, in terms of internally generated sensory representations, such as pictures, self talk and somatic  markers of emotion, visceral activity and arousal. This “data” is then explored in how it holds together and operates [...]

2022-01-12T13:51:27+00:00June 12th, 2017|Miscellaneous|