Community Care

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Department for Education is consulting on removing the requirement for counsellors providing adoption-related therapy to adults to register with Ofsted as adoption support agencies. The consultation runs until 20 March 2023. Registration to be removed for contracted counsellors.

Adoption 61

Adoption Psychotherapy Counseling Therapist 61

Clinical Philosophy

MAY 1, 2021

What distinguishes the master therapist? I've long suspected that an important aspect of such a therapist is her moral seriousness. It's from a recent blogpost by Jon Frederikson ; Frederikson is a particularly lucid and thoughtful exponent of ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy). And now the example.

Psychotherapy 40

Psychotherapy Therapist Empathy Engagement 40

Clinical Philosophy

APRIL 13, 2022

I don't know about you, but the reason I often make notes after psychotherapy sessions is because I need aides-memoires. I've about 18 patients - in my private psychotherapy practice - at any one time; most of them attend just once a week. These notes are locked in a drawer in my consulting room (which, naturally, is also locked).

Psychotherapy 59

Psychotherapy Clinic Psychology Engagement 59

Community Care

AUGUST 16, 2023

Furthermore, two critical factors were relevant to the success of treatment: the individual’s willingness to engage with the therapy and the relationship between the individual and the therapist (Johnson and Boyle 2018, Wampold 2001).

Psychotherapy 49

Psychotherapy Psychology Psychiatric Therapist 49

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

My journal was my first therapist, where I recorded frustration, anxiety and depression. Like Thompson, they filled the day with activities that provided structure and predictability, the two things I needed as much as medication and psychotherapy. I’ve been at Thompson for over six years as a therapist,” Kathy started.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

Clinical Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

A talk for Confer: Confronting Mortal Threat / Oxford Psychotherapy Society 5.9.2020 / 14.10.2020 ‘Wisdom is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; fortunate are they who embrace her’ (Proverbs 3:18) Abstract To be ‘philosophical’ or ‘stoical’ is in part to remain calm and able to think in the face of adversity.

Self-harm 52

Self-harm Anxiety Psychology Psychotherapy 52

Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2021

In a paper on whether psychotherapy is a form of prostitution, philosopher Rupert Read suggests that therapy is to genuine loving friendship (‘agape’) as prostitution is to erotic love (‘eros’). The therapist is selling herself, or some simulacrum of herself; the client is being cheated if this fact is played down or veiled.

Psychotherapy 52

Psychotherapy Therapist Justice and Corrections Interviewing 52