Healthy Selfing
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Fish on a Hook
An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Metaphor Your feelings about this person/situation is like having a fish on a hook. As long as the person/situation is there in front of you, you can see that he/she/it is wriggling and in pain. But the only way to make sure that he/she/it stays on that fishhook is to…
Dead Man’s Goal
An Acceptance and Commitment Metaphor Many of our goals involve getting rid of something or stopping something. We might call these “dead man goals” because a dead man could achieve them perfectly well. What would it be like to have goals that required us to be alive?
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Why Long-Drawn-Out-Therapy (LDOT) is not the way to go
Have you ever thought about trying therapy but been concerned about getting drawn into a long-drawn-out therapeutic process? Well it turns out that your instincts are probably correct. There is now a body of evidence to suggest that Long-Drawn-Out-Therapy (LDOT) is not especially effective. Most gains (including lasting gains) come in the first few sessions of therapy. This…
April 2020 Update
Dear Clients, I wanted to write a few words of support during this difficult time. Although it’s difficult to give one-size-fits-all advice, I’ll do my best. By the way, my family and I are currently well, as I hope you are. How do we maintain good emotional well-being with all of these new stressors? My…