Posts tagged with 'psychotherapy'
Psychotherapy training workshops improve skills considerably better if they are linked to subsequent ongoing supervision
12th September 2012
Rinad Beidas & colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania published a paper earlier this year entitled "Training and consultation to promote implementation of an empirically supported treatment: a randomized trial." The abstract reads "OBJECTIVE: The study evaluated the efficacy of three training modalities and the impact of ongoing consultation after …
Mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship: does it make any difference?
10th August 2012
I've been asked to give a talk on "Mindfulness and the healing relationship" at a seminar later this autumn. The brief is to approach the subject via the emerging research evidence. The seminar organizer may well reduce the number of words involved, but the information I sent him read: "James …
Going back for a university reunion: stirring up memories, avoidant attachment, "puffing up" and kindness (1st post)
5th August 2012
"The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices." Irvin Yalom "I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or …
The jazz trio metaphor: reworking the core conditions, relational depth, compassion, & two kinds of empathy (2nd post)
20th April 2012
In yesterday's post, I introduced the jazz trio metaphor ... head (observation/knowledge), heart (warmth/compassion) and gut (emotion/authenticity) ... and discussed both heart and, to some extent, head. Continuing this exploration of head "observation & knowledge". It's clear that cognitive empathy & perspective taking can be very helpful, but we need …
The jazz trio metaphor: reworking the core conditions, relational depth, compassion & two kinds of empathy (1st post)
19th April 2012
Working as a psychotherapist or counsellor, practising as a doctor, participating in interpersonal groupwork, and at the heart of relating deeply with another human being - I have internal reminders, charts, ways of helping myself be present in as constructive a way as I can. One inner chart or internal …
Update on website traffic: my own favourite top 15 (6-10) - therapist feedback, relationships, conflict, group work, & walking
5th April 2012
Last month I used Google Analytics to identify the most read pages on this website and I wrote the post "Update on website traffic: the ten most popular blog posts". This got me thinking - "What are my own personal favourites?" I quickly realised that the posts that I've written …
Angus & Greenberg's book "Narrative in emotion-focused therapy" (4th post): facilitating narrative change processes
3rd April 2012
I have been writing about Lynne Angus & Les Greenberg's book "Working with narrative in emotion-focused therapy: changing stories, healing lives". So far, I have put up three posts "Narrative in emotion-focused therapy (1st post): context", "Narrative ... (2nd post): narrative types & modes" and "Narrative ... (3rd post): narrative …
Angus & Greenberg's book "Narrative in emotion-focused therapy" (3rd post): narrative modes & phases
26th March 2012
In the last post in this sequence "Angus & Greenberg's book ... (2nd post): narrative types & modes", I began exploring Angus & Greenberg's recent book "Working with narrative in emotion-focused therapy: changing stories, healing lives". I talked about their model of "three narrative types" (external, internal & reflexive) and …
Angus & Greenberg's book "Narrative in emotion-focused therapy" (2nd post): narrative types & modes
25th March 2012
I wrote yesterday on "Angus & Greenberg's book "Narrative in emotion-focused therapy" (1st post): context". In today's post I would like to start scanning through the contents of Angus & Greenberg's 2011 book "Working with narrative in emotion-focused therapy: changing stories, healing lives". It's a short book, less than 150 …
Angus & Greenberg's book "Narrative in emotion-focused therapy" (1st post): context
24th March 2012
I was due to go through to Glasgow today for the fifth workshop in this seven seminar emotion-focused therapy (EFT) series. Sadly my back has been playing up ... as it occasionally does ... and it really doesn't make good sense to travel. The soreness is getting better nicely, but …