Interesting isn’t it that when we are little we think our parents are ‘all knowing’ ‘all seeing’ and ‘the centre of our – and the – world’ but by the time we reach secondary school, if not before, our parents become our perceived ‘jailers’ ‘our critics’. They are ‘out of touch’ ‘a joke’ and barely […]
March 16, 2012 in Counselling, Depression, Psychotherapy, Relationships by Jean Watson
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Yet another brilliant singer who, to the outside world, would seem to have had it all but yet has self-destructed. As to the why – if that was easy for them to answer then it would possibly have saved them and others like them who are in the grip of addiction. My view, if a counsellor is allowed […]
February 18, 2012 in Addiction, Counselling, Psychotherapy by Jean Watson
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This might seem like a strange question to ask but experience tells me that a lot of people just muddle through life, often acquiring really unhealthy habits, because they can feel something isn’t right in their World but feel the effort involved in trying to sort how they feel out would be just too much […]
December 9, 2011 in Addiction, Anger, Depression by Jean Watson
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Having just had another bank holiday each of us will have our own view as to how it was for us. I wonder if you were a “survivor and glad it’s over” type of person or a “great to have some extra time with people or things that I enjoy” one. A bit like school […]
September 1, 2011 in Addiction, Counselling, Depression, News, Psychotherapy, Relationships by Jean Watson
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Having confidence or not all boils down to which of our internal chatterboxes wins. We have the negative one that say, “oh no – it’s going to be awful” “Everyone will think/does think I am stupid” etc. etc. but unless we all have some psychic ability how do we actually know what others think. Ah […]
August 21, 2011 in Addiction, Counselling, Psychotherapy, Relationships by Jean Watson
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I watched a great documentary the other evening regarding a daughters struggle with her mother’s addiction to hoarding. To me, it gave a very balanced view of the mental torment an addiction can have on both the addicted person themselves and the family members. We often think that issues we have are our own and […]
August 18, 2011 in Addiction, Counselling, Depression, Psychotherapy, Relationships by Jean Watson
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Bizarrely since my last blog regarding getting a life balance my eye has been drawn to a few articles discussing whether holidays are good or bad for you. My view is that a holiday or break away gives you the opportunity to recharge your batteries, to change focus and to operate on a personal instead of […]
August 15, 2011 in Addiction, Counselling, News, Psychotherapy, Relationships by Jean Watson
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I used to find it quite strange the amount of people that I meet who really have no sense of who they really are. Now I just take it as part of the rich tapestry of life that many people never make it from child to adult before they become a parent and but unless […]
August 13, 2011 in Addiction, Anger, Counselling, Depression, Relationships by Jean Watson
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Does it exists? It is now the weekend and how many us will stop and “smell the roses”? I am sure a few will having learnt perhaps the hard way that to be truly ourselves and to get the very best out of our lives it is our essential for ourselves. However for some is […]
August 12, 2011 in Addiction, Counselling, Depression, Psychotherapy, Relationships by Jean Watson
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