“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, & the more one…
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Stigma: a patient’s account of toxic parenting
Toxic parenting is the term I use to describe a broad range of poor parenting, childcare, school and community practices that impact upon children in ways that are detrimental to their long-term mental and emotional wellbeing. This is not to suggest that coddling children is a solution either, as per the millennial trend of ‘child…
Authority Part 3: Falseness and Authenticity
How subservience to toxic authority erodes individual freedom, power and authenticity.
Affirmation
Existential Affirmation Affirmations are statements of a supportive or motivational nature that we repeat to ourselves throughout the day as a means of changing our thoughts, steering our mind in a positive direction. Existential affirmation is not the same as affirmation statements. It is a fundamental need we all share and is a source of…
We Are Affected by the World
“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it’s a joke.” ―…
Research Studies: Effects of Wireless Radiation on Health
In the interests of protecting public health please freely copy, reblog and distribute the information on this resource page. You can add your links or other helpful information on the subject in the reply box at the foot of the page. Contents Microwave Radiation Harms All Life-forms The Dangers of Wireless Microwave Radiation ICNIRP Regulations…
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Pulsed microwave radiation used in wifi, cellphones, smartmeters and other wireless devices is extremely dangerous to the health of people and the planet
Known effects on human health of EMF radiation
Pulsed microwave radiation used in wifi, cellphones, smartmeters and other wireless devices is extremely dangerous to the health of people and the planet
Microwave Radiation Harms All Life-forms
Pulsed microwave radiation used in wifi, cellphones, smartmeters and other wireless devices is extremely dangerous to the health of people and the planet
Affirmation
Affirmation is a fundamental need we all share
A Poverty of Help: inadequacies of support to vulnerable persons in the UK healthcare system
This is the start of a collection of experiences of mental health service and medical service encounters conveyed to me by patients over the years. I will add more in time. I thought I would start putting some of them together merely as an illustration of some of the bad practices that continue to go…
Psychiatric Diagnosis Part 1: a guide and caution for the weary
This post seeks to give an overview of how upsetting or distressing human experiences can be viewed and categorised as illness, disease, defect, disorder or dysfunction requiring the special expertise of specific treatments, therapies, interventions and pharmaceuticals for effective ‘cure’. It is not my intention to devalue the choices exercised by patients who elect this…
Mental Distress and Suicide
Statistically, suicide is the highest cause of death in men between age 20 and 49. This is not to diminish the female suicide rate, merely to present statistics. And the suicide statistics are shocking, with greater numbers of men taking their own lives than are killed in road accidents, or by cancer and coronary heart…
Considering Starting Psychotherapy or Counselling?
“Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change.” Martin Buber Facts Here are some brief facts about Psychotherapy and Counselling: You don’t need to have anything ‘wrong’ with you to benefit from psychotherapy A psychiatric diagnosis is not required to understand, work with or overcome…
Group, Family & Couples
Small group therapy work in person or via Skype
CBT: a low-cost ‘cure’ for psychiatric ‘Illness’?
“The fact remains that the construct of psychiatric diagnosis and the construct of a psychological model aligning itself to it are both divorced from the actual, more complex and individuated realities of the particular patient and the individual practitioner. The technocratic relationship of the first denies the non-mechanistic, much more complex organic nature of the…
Healing Minds: what works for you?
Often we are so socialised into looking to ‘professionals’ for their expertise that we forget that, prior to the boom in professions, we did a pretty good job of taking care of ourselves and one another. Family, neighbours, community, aunts and uncles, grandparents: all of these community bonds have been eroded by massive shifts in…
Change Your World: Self-healing and Loving Kindness
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau My strong personal belief is that it is in human nature to take care of other living things as a feature of our conscience. Sadly, many people are out of touch with this facility in themselves. I think if our culture retained the…
Narcissistic Abuse Part 1: heart of darkness
This post is not intended as a guide for diagnosing or labelling individuals, but instead highlights the detrimental effects narcissistic individuals (including sociopathic, psychopathic and other exploitative personalities) can have upon us. Being able to recognise some of these effects can help us protect ourselves and seek effective help in recovering from the toxic relationships…
Self-healing: a shift from pain to compassion in five minutes
Periods of mental distress are often characterised by a hyper-focus on our own struggles to the exclusion of everything else. In the midst of pain and suffering, loneliness and desperation we can end up so concentrated on the distressing aspects of our lives and on what is missing that we literally forget ourselves and what’s…
Choosing Public Sector or Private Therapeutic Support
Choosing between public and private psychotherapy, counselling and mental health support
Existential Analysis, Integrative Psychotherapy and Other Approaches to Helping
This is a somewhat contentious area for many practitioners because, as with most fields of endeavour, everyone has their own territorial imperatives and personal definitions. The terms counsellor, therapist and psychotherapist are, for example, often used interchangeably but do not necessarily express the same activities. So with that disclaimer, here is my simple outline of…
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Counselling, Psychotherapy and Existential Analysis in Glasgow from an NHS Experienced and Qualified Psychotherapist and Counsellor. BA(Hons), MA(Psych), MA(Ex.Psych). Life Coaching, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Development, Existential Analysis
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Glasgow Psychotherapy, Counselling, Life Coaching, Personal Development with reducing fee rates. SKYPE anywhere in the world, Home visits, Email and Telephone support, face-to-face sessions.
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Existential Analysis and Psychotherapy in Glasgow.
Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling. Reducing fees, yoga, meditation, art therapy.
