by DavidGibbons | Feb 13, 2018 | Psychology
Ever wondered why a therapist’s website says how supportive they’ll be? Or why they say how comfortable and safe their office is? It’s because it’s hard to change your mind and that’s what therapy is all about. Therapy can be very challenging. You will often hear a...
by DavidGibbons | Sep 19, 2017 | Psychology
“Are you OK?” Is a question we ask a lot but do we stop to consider what it might really mean? In 1973, Thomas A. Harris first published his book I’m OK, you’re OK. Those words describe neatly one of the fundamental principles of the style of psychotherapy that...
by DavidGibbons | Jul 2, 2017 | Psychology
The quote about is from Sigmund Freud, one of the founders of modern psychoanalytic thinking. What he means is that if a person keenly observes another he will gain some understanding that a person is disturbed, anxious or uneasy about something. Observation is as...