The philosophy of Person-Centred (Humanistic) Psychotherapy
Produced to support a level 4 (first-year undergraduate) course in therapeutic counselling.
emotional & spiritual intelligence
Power dynamics in coaching, counselling, supervision, management, and teaching…
The relationship between counsellors and their clients, supervisors and their supervisees, tutors and their students, and managers and their ‘team’, are all determined by the projections of one onto the other and how the other responds. What’s important (in my… Continue reading
What’s the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?
There’s nothing wrong with a bit of off-loading, but it doesn’t really help the client move forward in their life – “the bigger picture”. There’s an ongoing debate among counsellors and psychotherapists about the difference between the two. There isn’t… Continue reading
Gender Expansive Pronouns
“My personal pronouns: ‘he, him and his’” Earlier this year, the Association of Colleges, the representative body of the FE sector, publically endorsed this approach. Their argument is that this serves several purposes; It allows individuals whose name and/or identity… Continue reading
Eclectic, Integrative, and Pluralistic approaches to psychotherapy…
Integrative psychotherapy, when the term is used properly, relates to an approach that tries to support the client while they “integrate” their body, mind, spirit, and emotions. There are a number of organisations that train therapists to work in this… Continue reading
The difference between supervising internal coaches compared to external ones
As coaching has become more mainstream as a means of developing managers throughout organisations, rather than being the preserve of the aspiring high achievers, so too have many firms begun to deploy internal coaches rather than relying on external providers.… Continue reading
Oh, dear… “What is your modality?”
Life is not a straight line. Perish the thought that we should discover its meaning when we are 21 and have nothing more to learn or subsequently re-frame our perspective. Some therapists eschew the term ‘eclectic’ and I don’t really like to… Continue reading
Coping with the negative overload (IoD Global – CV19 #6)
A survey released today showed that the UK public has very little confidence in the information that it is receiving about the CV-19 crisis. Surprisingly, to some, the Government came out as well as the more reputable media, and the… Continue reading
Finding the inner resources for creative, strategic thinking (IoD Global – CV19 #5)
It is hard to imagine ourselves being creative when we are in what feels like a crisis. However, the same rules apply here as at any time, and let’s be honest people have come through crises far worse than this… Continue reading
Coaching during a recession…
A colleague pointed out that I’d worked through a recession and wondered if I’d got any tips? I don’t like talking about my own work too much, but the backstory might help explain the bullet points… Coaching through recessions… what… Continue reading
