Depression

Book review – Counselling for toads (A psychological adventure) by Robert de Board

I’ve produced videos and written articles about Transactional Analysis (TA). In particular, about the Parent Adult Child (PAC) model. The model is helpful to therapy clients learning about how they feel, think and behave. The PAC model can also help us understand and minimise difficult conversations in the workplace. the Read More

2025-05-25T11:25:04+01:00May 25, 2025|Kim's Blog, Relationship Management|

Book Review: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment)

Being in the present (the “here and now”), mindfulness and meditation are often suggested to counteract our increasingly busy, digital and stressed lives. “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual guide that emphasizes the importance of living fully in the present moment. It blends mindfulness, psychology and Read More

2025-03-25T10:48:25+00:00March 25, 2025|Kim's Blog, Relationship Management|

Book review: Overcoming low self-esteem – a self help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques by Melanie Fennell

Many attendees on confidence courses and some of my therapy clients have low self-esteem – and for a variety of reasons (e.g. childhood experiences and family dynamics, toxic relationships, cyberbullying, workplace intimidation). Low self-esteem can lead to low confidence, anxiety and depression that impairs personal and work life. This book Read More

2025-05-11T16:23:59+01:00January 27, 2025|Kim's Blog, Relationship Management|

Why are my relationships like rollercoaster rides? Volatile relationships with heady highs and rock-bottom lows

Therapy clients sometimes report that their relationships are dramatic and volatile – swinging from heady highs to rock-bottom lows (and back again). Sometimes clients aren’t aware that they are repeating this pattern in their personal relationships. There are many possible reasons and explanations – some of which are linked.  With Read More

2025-04-11T12:06:49+01:00August 21, 2024|Kim's Blog, Relationship Management|

Book review: “Adult children of emotionally immature parents – how to heal from distant, rejecting or self-involved parents” by Lindsay C Gibson PsyD

This 2015 New York Times bestselling book by a clinical psychologist will provide a profound light bulb moment for some people. The book really resonated with me. And I have seen the dramatic impact it had on some of my clients who came to therapy reporting anxiety, anger, depression and/or Read More

2025-04-11T11:58:28+01:00August 15, 2024|Kim's Blog, Psychology, Relationship Management|
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