The Therapy Show
By Bob Cooke and Kellie Barratt
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Bob Cooke, an international Psychotherapist , Trainer and Supervisor, talks with Kellie Barratt about the world of therapy and counselling. Kellie is also a therapist.
This podcast is aimed at listeners who are curious in psychotherapy and counselling, how therapy works, and how therapy helps you towards a more healthy sense of self, both mentally and spiritually. The podcasts will also be of interest to students of therapy and counselling and what it takes to be a psychotherapist. So please join Bob and Kellie on this voyage of discovery and co-creative conversations.
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253. Eight mistakes to avoid in the therapy room
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May 21, 2026 |
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252. Endings in Psychotherapy
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May 14, 2026 |
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251. Training Pathways to Becoming a Psychotherapist
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May 07, 2026 |
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250. When Might Therapists Become a Supervisor?
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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249. Monthly, Fortnightly, Weekly Therapy: A New Trend in Psychotherapy?
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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248. Various Motivations to Become a Psychotherapist
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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247. What Therapists Don't Take to Supervision
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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246. The Importance of Timing in Psychotherapy
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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245. Therapist Vulnerabilities in the Therapeutic Process
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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244. When to Retire as a Psychotherapist
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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243. What's Love Got To Do With It? With Guest Speaker Steffy Cooke
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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242. What Do Therapists Do when They Don't Agree With Their Client's Actions or Behaviours?
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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241. What Do Psychotherapists Do When Clients Report They Cannot Remember Events From the Past?
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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240. The Importance of Clinical Wills for Psychotherapists
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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239. Autonomy & Dependency: 2 Major Issues for Therapists to Consider
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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238. Is the Use of Touch Important in Therapy? Advantages and Disadvantages.
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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237. What Should go in the Therapy Room and Does It Matter?
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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236. The Importance of Spontaneity & Creativity when Doing Therapy
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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235. The Major Purpose of Psychotherapy is for a Person to Understand Themselves
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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234. How We Cultivate Compassion in the Service of the Client
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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233. What Makes for Effective Group Psychotherapy
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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232. Integrative Psychotherapy: How Useful is the Approach for Effective Therapy?
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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231. The Body Keeps the Score - The Use of the Body in Psychotherapy
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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230. How to Deal with Loneliness and Withdrawal in the Therapy Room
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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229. Working with Parental Introjects in the Therapy Process
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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228. Working with Chair Work in the Therapy Process
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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227. How Psychotherapists Deal with Resistance in Therapy
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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226. Ego State Analysis in the Therapy Process
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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225. The Use of Metaphor, Imagery and Storytelling in Psychotherapy
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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224. Should Psychotherapy Come with a Health Warning?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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223. Educative Therapy - Is it an Important Part of the Therapy Process?
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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222. Five Transactional Analysis Tools that Make for Effective Therapy
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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221. Object Constancy: A Prerequisite for Effective Therapy
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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220. What to Do When the Therapy Process Seems to Have Plateaued
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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219. Dealing with Negative Self Talk in Psychotherapy
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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218. Have We Got a Fix It Culture in Psychotherapy Today?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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217. Flashbacks & Triggers - How to Deal with them Effectively in the Therapy Process
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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216. Working with the Disconnected Self in Therapy
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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215. Five Tips for Working with Couples
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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214. Is Kindness the Most Important Pre-requisite for Effective Psychotherapy?
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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213. The Use of Intersubjective Silence in the Therapy Process
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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212. How to Start and Close a Therapy Session
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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211. Contracts Revisited
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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210. Does a Therapist's Display of Emotions Affect the Therapy Process?
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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209. 565 Models of Therapy in the UK. Is a Model of Therapy Really Crucial for the Therapist?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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208 What Happens In The Therapy Process If We Don't Like Our Clients and Does It Matter?
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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207. From Individual to Group Therapy- Is This important within the Therapy Process?
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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206. Choosing Different Routes in the Therapy Process and Does It Matter?
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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205. Does the Therapist's Gender Play a Crucial Part in the Therapy Room?
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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204. The Importance of Ruptures and How We Resolve Them in the Therapy Room
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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203. The Importance of Grounding & Structure in the Therapy Room
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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202. The Use of Positive Strokes in the Therapy Room
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May 29, 2025 |
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201. Working With Grief In The Therapy Process
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May 22, 2025 |
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200. Is There A Minimum Or Maximum Time Limit For Therapists To Consider When Working With Clients
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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199. How We Work With The Unknown.
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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198. Creating A Therapeutic Tool Box For Effective Therapy
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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197. Five Therapy Books That Therapists Should Have on Their Book Shelf
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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196. What Do We Say After We Say Hello In The Therapy Room
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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195. The Importance Of Reviews And Reflection In The Therapy Process
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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194. Working With Multiples - A model For Effective Treatment
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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193. Shame The Forgotten Emotion In The Therapy Room
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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192. The Doorknob Transaction In The Therapy Process And Why It Is So Important
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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191. 5 Values That Underpin A Successful Psychotherapy Outcome
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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190. Psychotherapists And Counsellors Need To Promote Kindness In The Therapy Room
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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189. More Than Two Is A Crowd In The Therapy Room.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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188. Do we Always Have To Address The Unconscious Process Within The Therapy Room?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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187. Sexual Tension In The Therapy Room And What You Can Do About It.
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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186. New Beginnings For Clients And Therapists Within The Therapy Process
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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185. Things To Consider After The Christmas Break In The Therapy Room
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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184. How To Cope Over The Festive Season
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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183. Bad Endings In The Therapy Room
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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182. How Do Therapists Help Clients Understand Themselves More Deeply
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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181. 5 Traps To Avoid For Effective Therapy
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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180. Discovering Clients Generational Scripts In Therapy
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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179. Has Covid Changed The Face Of Therapy?
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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178. Individual Or Group Therapy - Advantages And Disadvantages
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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177. We All Need To Develop An Internal Supervisor For Effective Psychotherapy
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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176 How To Deal With Ruptures in The Therapy Process
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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175. How To Help A Client Find The God Or Goddess Of Themselves In The Therapy Process
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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174. 5 Things Not To Do In The Therapy Process
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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173. What Can We Learn From The Past For The Future Of Psychotherapy
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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172. Diagnosis Is It Useful In Counselling And Psychotherapy?
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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171. Defensive Psychotherapy - Is it A Blight Of The Modern Age?
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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170. Shadow And Light In The Therapy Process
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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169. Advantages And Disadvantages Of Contracting In The Therapy Room.
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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168. How Many Are There In The Therapy Process?
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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167. Working On Forgiveness In the Therapy Room
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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166. Empathy Is The Oxygen Of Successful Therapy
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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165. The Power Is In The Patient An Important Reminder
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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164. Turning Down The Negative Messages In Our Head
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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163. The Dr Spock Profile In Therapy
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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162. Power Dynamics Within The Therapy Process
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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161. Separation And Individuation In The Therapy Process
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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160. 7 Ways You And Your Client Will Know Therapy Is Not Working
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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159. Opening A Pandora Box Within The Therapy
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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158. Flexibility, Spontaneity and Intuition In The Therapy Process
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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157. How To Deal With Self Criticism In The Therapy Process
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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156. 3 Year Anniversary Episode - Judgements And Assumptions In The Therapy Process
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May 30, 2024 |
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155. What's Love Got To Do With It In The Therapy Process
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May 23, 2024 |
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154. Overcoming Child Neglect In Therapy
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May 16, 2024 |
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153. Making Peace With Your Inner Critic In The Therapy Process.
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May 09, 2024 |
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152. Working With The Inner Child In The Therapy Process
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May 02, 2024 |
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151. Compassion Fatigue And the Psychotherapist
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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150. The Growth Of Equine Therapy With Guest Expert Julie Lewis
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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149. 5 Things I wish I Had Known Before I became a Psychotherapist
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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148. The Pressure Cooker Effect In The Therapy Room
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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147. Taking New Routes In Therapy
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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146. The Importance Of Observational Skills In The Therapy Room
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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145. Troubles And Triumphs In The Therapy Room
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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144. Sequences In Psychotherapy
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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143. The Importance Of Continuity And Predictability In The Therapy Process
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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142. Nothing Is What It Seems In The Therapy room
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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141. The Importance For The Therapist To Think Developmentally In The Therapy Process
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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140. Hypnotic Induction In The Therapy Process
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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139. When Intimacy And Closeness Can Be Unsafe In The Therapy Room
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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138. Is Therapy Like Chess?
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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137. The Danger Of Assumption In The Therapy Process
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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136. Blind Spots And Red Flags in The Therapy room
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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135. Is There Ever Any Reality In The Therapy Room?
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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134. Life After Therapy - Moving On And Letting Go
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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133. What Are The Most Successful Elements In The Therapy
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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132. Working With Parental Introjects In The Therapy
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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131. Are Some Feelings More Acceptable Than Others In The Therapy Room
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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130. How To Present Ourselves In The Therapy Room And Does It Really Matter
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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129. Important Psychotherapy Book A review Part 4
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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128. Important Psychotherapy Book A review Part 3
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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127. Important Psychotherapy Book A review - Part 2
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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126. Important Psychotherapy Book A review - Part 1
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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125. How To Prepare For Your First Client
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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124. What I've Learnt From My Clients
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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123. Empowerment And Self Agency - Important Goals In The Therapy Process
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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122. What Do You Mean By Integrative Psychotherapy?
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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121. What Do You Mean By Relational Therapy?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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120. Conquering The Toxic Narrative Within The Therapy Process
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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119. Building Your Own Therapy Website
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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118. Codependency In The Therapy Room
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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117. Falling In Love With Your Client In The Therapy Process.
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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116. Tissues And Tea In The Therapy Room
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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115. Styles Of Running A Psychotherapy Group.
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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114. Running Therapy Groups
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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113. Working With Loneliness As A Clinical Condition
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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112. Love And Hate In The Therapy Room
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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111. Therapy By Rote:The Inexperienced Therapist
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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110. The Use Of Touch In The Therapy Room
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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109. Script backlash And How To Deal With It In The Therapy Room
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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108. Injunctions And How To Deal with Them
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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107. The Nice Therapist Phenomena In The Therapy Process
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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106. The Top 10 Questions Clients Ask In Therapy
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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105. How Therapists Market Themselves
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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104. Dealing With Your Own Emotions In The Therapy Room
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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103. How To Promote Resilience In The Therapy Room
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May 25, 2023 |
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102. How To Challenge Clients In The Therapy Room
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May 18, 2023 |
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101. Working With The Isolated Client
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May 11, 2023 |
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100. The Importance Of The Concept Of Change In The Therapeutic Process
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May 04, 2023 |
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99. Repetitive Cycles In The Therapy Room
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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98. Cultivating Resilience In the Therapy Process
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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97. Reparenting - What Is It? How To Use This Process Within The Therapy Room
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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96. Hope And Dread In The Therapy Process
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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95. Is Therapy A Middle Class Profession?
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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94. The cultivation Of Empathy For Effective Therapy
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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93. Understanding Transactional Analysis And How To Use TA In The Therapy Process
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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92. The Use Of Curiosity In The Search For Connection In The Therapy Process
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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91. How Do We Deal With Feelings In Therapy?
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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90. What Do We Mean By Therapeutic Cure?
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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89. Different Methods And Approaches In Therapy.
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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88. Relationship Breakdowns Inside And Outside The Therapy Room.
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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87. Working With Metaphors In The Therapy Room
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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86. How To Work With The Younger Self In The Therapy Room.
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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85. Ruptures Or Mistakes In The Therapy process.
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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84. Using Transitional Objects In The Therapy Process.
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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83. Unstructured Endings In The Therapy Room.
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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82. Being Aware Of Attachment Styles In The Therapy Room
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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81. How To Deal with Holidays In Therapy
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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80. Dealing With Suicidal Issues In The Therapy Room
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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79. Therapy Past, Present And The Future
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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78. Understanding The Importance Of Working With Unmet Relational Needs In Therapy
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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77. Using Humour, Joy and Spontaneity during therapy
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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76. The Understanding Of Unconscious Defences In Therapy.
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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75. How To Create The Therapeutic Relationship Between Therapist And Client
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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74. Intuition An Important Consideration In The Therapy Process.
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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73. Interruptions To Contact - An Important Prerequisite For Therapists To Understand.
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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72. Working With Multiple Personality Disorder.
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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71. Working With A Client You Don't Like.
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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70. What Is Transformational In The Therapy process.
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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69. How To Work With The Inner Child In The Therapy Room.
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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68. Habits A Therapist Needs To Cultivate To Enhance Therapy.
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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67. Short Term 'V' Long Term Therapy.
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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66. The Importance Of Retrieval Of Memories In The Therapy Process
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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65. How supervision aids effective therapy.
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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64. Working with the Hurry up Client and the Client who Pleases
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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63. Working with the Strong Client
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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62. Working with the client who tries hard
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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61. Working with the Perfect Client
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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60. Working with self esteem issues in the therapy room
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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59. Endings In The Therapy Process
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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58. The search for meaning in therapy.
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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57. Unexpected process that comes up in therapy
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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56. The 5 most important qualities a therapist needs to cultivate effective therapy.
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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55. Love and compassion in the therapy room.
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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54. Understanding emotional triggers and why this is important in the therapy process
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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53. The importance of intuition in the therapy room
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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52. The courage to be human in the therapy process.
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May 26, 2022 |
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51. Understanding your life plan. A way to change your script in therapy.
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May 19, 2022 |
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50. What Is Cure For The Therapist Or Client
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May 12, 2022 |
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49. Compassion Fatigue In Therapy
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May 05, 2022 |
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48. Working with Shame in the Therapy Relationship.
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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47. Working With The Disturbed Client.
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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46. Working with the client who doesn't know what they want or why they are there.
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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45. Working with the Avoidant Client
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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44. Working with the Delusional Client
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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43. Working with the frightened Client
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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42.The use of silence in the therapy room.
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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41. Working with the Angry client.
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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40. Different approaches in the therapy room and how that guides our work in the therapy room.
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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39. Erotic transference within the therapy process
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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38. Dream analysis, imagination and fantasy in the therapy room.
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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37. The use of techniques within the therapy process
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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36. Imposter syndrome within the therapy process
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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35. Couples therapy
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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34. Comparisons of group verses individual therapy
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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33. The rise of online therapy
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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32. Working with the client who has intrusive thoughts
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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31. New years resolutions and self sabotage in the therapy room
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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30. How can therapy help with relationships
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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29. Therapeutic issues that can arise during the festive season
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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28. The use of the self and self disclosure in the therapeutic relationship.
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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27. The importance of boundaries within the therapeutic relationship
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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26. Working with the Challenging Client
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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25. Working with Addictions
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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24. Working with the Client and Eating Disorders
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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23. Working with Children with Guest Host Steffy Cooke
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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22. Working with the Traumatised Client
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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21. Working with the Sexually Abused Client
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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20. Working with the Anxious Client
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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19. Working with the Depressed Client
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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18. Working with the Histrionic Client
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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17. Working with the Antisocial Client
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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16. Working with the Borderline Client - Part 2
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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15. Working with the Borderline Client - Part 1
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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14. Working with the Narcissistic Client - Part 2
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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13. Working with the Narcissistic Client - Part 1
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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12. Working with the Passive Aggressive Client
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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11. Working with the Paranoid Client
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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10. Working with the Obsessive Client
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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9. Working with the withdrawn client
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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8. Client Contracts - Pt 2
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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7. Client Contracts - Pt 1
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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6. Bringing the past into the present
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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5. The working relationship
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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4. The First Therapy Session.
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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3. What's the assessment process and why do we need one?
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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2. How do you choose the right Therapist?
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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1. Why do people go to therapy?
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Welcome To The Therapy Show - Behind Closed Doors
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Jun 02, 2021 |