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Habit, Habit, Habit Break that Chain!

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Do you have a habit that’s particularly bugging you? Are you on the stop start treadmill where the habit’s concerned. If you can find the links in your chain of reaction, then you can break
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WHAT CAN I DO WHEN I FEEL A BIT ‘SPACED OUT?’ WAYS TO STAY GROUNDED

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A common question that’s asked by people when they are dealing with disturbing experiences is how they can cope with a feeling of not being in the present. We call this feeling a dissociative response. It can happen anywhere and at any time if you have not dealt with a trauma. For example, you might
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Online therapy – is it for me?

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I admit it – as a counsellor who includes specialising in trauma therapy and attachment issues, I was very doubtful about providing support online. The technical side seemed to be a pain (it took me quite a while to get to grips with Zoom!) Now though, with several months of working with people using teleconferencing
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Mediation Counselling

Mediation and Counselling
A Holistic approach to a difficult time Frequently asked questions What is Mediation-Counselling? Mediation-Counselling offers you a process in a safe setting where a couple can air their views and begin to find a way forward in coming to some agreements concerning their relationship. Who is it for? The service is for couples who are
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Coaching – Questions and Answers

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Question: What is coaching? Answer: Coaching is an educational approach where the ‘coachee’ is supported by the coach to reach their goals in their personal or working life.
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A Day in the Life of a Counsellor, Coach & Mediator

I start my day at 6.30 a.m. down the pool. I’m a bit bleary-eyed but I know the swim wakes me up! As a ‘treat’ I might have a lie in until 7 and do a half hour workout at home. My work is sedentary and I need to keep fit and alert for clients,
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TRAUMA – The Hidden Wound

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‘Time seemed to slow down’   ‘the worst part of it was I couldn’t help them’   ‘it was as if I’d floated up to the ceiling, looking down on what was happening to me’   ‘ I was frozen with fear’   ‘she said, after the accident, that I wasn’t the man she had married’  These are
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Clash or communicate?

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‘Whenever we have a meeting, I feel he’s always putting me down!’ ‘She’s over-emotional when I try to explain something!’ Sounds familiar? We often put such comments down to a ‘personality clash’ and feel helpless, nothing can be done about it except to have as little as possible to do with the other person. They’re
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EMDR and Supporting Traumatised Clients

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I have been a counsellor for over thirty years and during that time I have sustained my interest in helping people who have been traumatised. My work has included supporting family members where there has been a homicide, counselling adults abused as children for the NSPCC and clients referred by their insurance companies for personal
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Habit, Habit, Habit Break that Chain!

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habits
Do you have a habit that’s particularly bugging you? Are you on the stop start treadmill where the habit’s concerned. If you can find the links in your chain of reaction, then you can break

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Jen Popkin

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy trained and Accredited Practitioner Member of the EMDR Association

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