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Want to learn more about psychology? Our article library is a great place to start. We publish educational articles to help you deepen your understanding.
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Why log your client hours?
Trainee practitioners will often keep a log of their client contact hours. But keeping these records can be useful for qualified practitioners as well. In this article, we will explore why.
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Navigating life transitions
Navigating life transitions can be a challenging and overwhelming experience. Whether it's a career change, retirement, loss of a loved one, or any other significant life event, these changes can disrupt our sense of stability and leave us feeling lost and uncertain about the future.
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How to handle clients missing appointments
When a client does not turn up for an appointment, it can be a worry for the therapist, a sign of therapeutic rupture or a simple misunderstanding. In this article, we'll explore some of the things to think about when a client does not attend.
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Can ChatGPT do psychotherapy?
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) computer programme that allows you to interact conversationally and generate responses. Could such a programme be used to do therapy? In this article, we will explore that idea.
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The two components of habit
Many of us would like to stop bad habits and start some new healthy ones. But what exactly is a habit? And how do we go about changing them? In this article, we will break down habits into two components: habitual deciding and habitual doing.
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Managing exam anxiety
Since we added our learning pathways, many students have spoken about their worries regarding taking one of the practitioner exams. In this article, I will discuss some helpful strategies for managing these fears.
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Cognitive strategies for assertiveness
Many people want to be more assertive. In this article, we will look at a common example people find difficult: asking our boss for some time off.
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Introduction to Transactional Analysis
Transactional Analysis (TA) is a widely recognised form of modern psychology, consisting of a set of practical conceptual tools intended to promote personal growth and change. In counselling, Transactional Analysis therapy is very versatile, as it can be used in a wide range of areas and incorporates key themes from humanism, integration, the psychodynamic approach, and even psychoanalytic therapies.
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Are school-based mindfulness lessons a waste of time?
Recently, the media reported on a study published in Evidence-Based Mental Health that suggested mindfulness lessons in school were not effective.
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How to tackle big tasks
Whether it is a major work project, moving house, changing career, preparing for a holiday or any number of other big projects, it can often be very difficult to get started. Why is this and what do we do about it?
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The psychology of people-pleasing
Some people are overly concerned with the needs of others. Caring about others is a good thing, of course, but when we start making too many sacrifices in our quest to make other people like us, it can become problematic.
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5 untrue beliefs practitioners have in their abilities
If you are a practitioner, be it a psychotherapist, counsellor, coach or other helping professional, there are a common set of worries that we all share. In this article, we will normalise and discuss some of them.
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Perfectionism
It is sometimes said that perfect is the enemy of good. But many of us find ourselves bogged down in doing things to such a high standard that even to ourselves it can start to feel unreasonable. In this article, we'll discuss what perfectionism is and what we can do about it.
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What is depersonalisation disorder?
Depersonalisation disorder is a dissociative disorder where people feel disconnected from themselves: their thoughts, feelings and actions are observed from outside of themselves.
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Building self-esteem in therapy
Self-esteem is how we value ourselves. Typically, clients will come into therapy with low self-esteem: they may think of themselves as worthless or less than other people. Therapy can often boost people's self-esteem, whether that was the aim of coming to therapy or not.