Emotion-focused therapy workshop series (eighth post): internal critic dialogues - practice points
24th February 2012
In the last post on this Emotion-focused therapy workshop series that I wrote, I discussed key background research on using EFT methods to work with people's "internal critics". In today's post, I'd like to be a bit more practical. So initially I note some general advice on how to structure …
Using Williams & Penman's book "Mindfulness: a practical guide" as a self-help resource (9th post) - seventh week's practice
23rd February 2012
The seventh week's practice in the sequence described so well in Mark Williams & Danny Penman's book on mindfulness is covered in chapter eleven "When did you stop dancing?" (pp. 209 to 235). I have already discussed the sixth week's practice in another recent post. The week-by-week programme summary (p. …
Emotion-focused therapy workshop series (seventh post): internal critic dialogues - background research
22nd February 2012
I wrote yesterday about the morning session of this EFT training day in the post "Emotion-focused therapy workshop series (sixth post): a method for understanding puzzling reactions". In the afternoon we explored "Working with self-criticism/depressive splits". As Greenberg & Angus write in their book "Working with narrative in emotion-focused therapy" …
Emotion-focused therapy workshop series (sixth post): a method for understanding puzzling reactions
21st February 2012
Last Saturday was the fourth day of this seven seminar "Emotion-focused psychotherapy: Level 2 workshop series" that I'm going to at Glasgow's Jordanhill campus. I took my bike on the train from Edinburgh and then cycled along the canal and in past Gartnavel Hospital. There was a woodpecker chipping away …
Self-help for insomnia: encouraging results and some available resources
10th February 2012
I've written three blog posts about sleep in the last three months - "'Sleep well and live better: overcoming insomnia using CBT'- a workshop with Colin Espie", "The links between sleep disturbance and depression" and "Is short duration sleep a problem or is it just disturbed sleep that leads to …
Personal experience (3rd post): feedback as opportunity & as a way of getting back on track
9th February 2012
In the last couple of days I have written posts on "Personal experience: feedback, group work & learning from difficulties" and "Personal experience: caution over "goodwill" & "mindfulness" practice". I'm a great fan of both mindfulness training and of using goodwill or loving-kindness or compassion focused meditation practices. However in …
Personal experience (2nd post): caution over "goodwill " & "mindfulness" practice
8th February 2012
"No man was ever wise by chance." Lucius Seneca Yesterday I wrote a post about working with personally difficult information ... in this example, challenging group feedback. There are so many research teams and streams of fascinating information emerging that look at how to cope well in stressful situations. I …
Personal experience (1st post): feedback, group work & learning from difficulties
7th February 2012
"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P. Jones I'm a member of a "therapists' group". We currently get together for a three hour meeting once a month. I wrote about this initiative last year in the post "Setting …
Using Williams & Penman's book "Mindfulness: a practical guide" as a self-help resource (8th post) - sixth week's practice
2nd February 2012
I recently wrote about the fifth week of meditation practice - chapter nine in Mark Williams & Danny Penman's book. This post is about the sixth week of practice and chapter ten "Trapped in the past or living in the present?" (pp. 183 to 208). The week-by-week programme summary (p. …
Recent research: articles from January journals
1st February 2012
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 17,200 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …