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Month: October 2022

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Addiction

Addiction

As humans, we are designed to move toward pleasure and avoid pain.  It’s one of those instinctual drivers that has ensured our survival thus far. There’s a fairly delicate balancing act that goes on to ensure that we remain on just the right side each of them.  And in our modern-lives, rife with consumerism, with easy-access to so much that creates deep pleasure for us, is not surprising that there are not only increasing rates of addiction, but there is also a lot of attention on expanding research and new approaches to recovering from addiction.

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Unpacking parts of self

Unpacking parts of self

This one has been brewing for quite a while, and as ever I usually get my inspiration for these weekly musings from the themes that appear to be present in my sessions with clients during the preceding week.  Back in February I introduced the concept of ‘parts of self’ which is an important way of us understanding what might appear to be contradictory feelings or beliefs or reactions to things. If you missed that blog, go back and read it HERE – it’s a good summary that might be useful to read before getting too far into this one.

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What is healing anyway?

What is healing anyway?

I have recently completed a 12-month professional development programme called Compassionate Inquiry (CI), which was created and run by Gabor Maté with Sat Dharam.  One of the things that drew me to the course was the novel approach that Gabor has with regards the training experience.  Let me explain a little bit of background: whenever we do professional development and learn new modalities (types of therapy), there is always a point in the training where we, the therapists, have to practice with other therapists. 

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Managing your Window of Tolerance – part 2

Managing your Window of Tolerance – part 2

 

We’ve spent the last few weeks looking at some of the basic concepts around emotional regulation and within that the idea of our ‘Window of Tolerance’.  One last recap – the window of tolerance is the zone where big emotions can be processed in a healthy way, allowing us to function and react to stress, anxiety, and fear effectively.  It’s the comfort-zone where we have the ability to self-soothe and self-regulate. 

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Managing your Window of Tolerance – Part 1

Managing your Window of Tolerance – Part 1

We’ve spent the last few weeks looking at some of the basic concepts around emotional regulation and within that the idea of our ‘Window of Tolerance’.  As a bit of a recap, the window of tolerance is the zone where big emotions can be processed in a healthy way, allowing us to function and react to stress, anxiety, and fear effectively. 

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