http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk Psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, counselling, cognitive behaviour therapy, Nottingham Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:32:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1538" align="alignright" width="300" caption="."][/caption] Yesterday I took a little thin, unread, book down from my bookshelf and decided to read it. My bookshelves are full of unread books (as well as books that I have read). I find they so much come in handy when I have a weekend with no ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/blog/using-your-strengths-to-produce-results [caption id="attachment_1526" align="alignright" width="166" caption="."][/caption] Many clients ask me, "Why does psychotherapy take a long time?" I'd like to illustrate the answer to that with a short story called 'The autobiography'   I walk down the road. There is a hole in the road. I do not see the hole. I fall in the ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/articles/psychotherapy-articles-nottingham-therapy-online/i-walk-down-the-road [caption id="attachment_1517" align="alignright" width="285" caption="."][/caption] There are some underlying beliefs and assumptions that are implicit within the methodology of NLP.   If we can operate out of the assumption and belief that the following statements are 'the way that things are' we can get some very interesting and useful results in terms of ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/articles/nlp-articles-nottingham-therapy-online/presuppositions-of-nlp [caption id="attachment_1472" align="alignright" width="262" caption="."][/caption] How can we have energy and feel motivated about our very existence? I have identified three ways that, if addressed, go a long way toward bringing about a sense of loving life. This is possible for any of us. Firstly, our life has to have meaning. We can ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/articles/3-ways-for-anyone-to-attain-life-energy How rigid is your mind? [caption id="attachment_1450" align="alignright" width="239" caption="."][/caption] Apparently, over 15 years of an average waking life is spent just watching TV. How many days of an average life is spent reading webpages? Desktop publishing and the Internet have increased access to production for everyone (for me, my blog and website, for ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/blog/is-your-mind-open-or-closed As you come into my therapy room, you pass through a part of the building that is quite boring. I decided to liven up a stretch of wall with some great wall-art. Three words that read 'Love, Laugh, Live' now reside there. Is that a good mission statement for a living human being? You ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/blog/love-laugh-live "I have listened. And I have looked with open eyes. I have poured my soul into the world, seeking the unknown within the known. And I sing out loud in amazement." ~Rabindranath Tagore Indian Philosopher and Nobel prize winning author    It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.    ~Chinese proverb   "Sometimes, if you stand ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/articles/personal-development-articles/quotes-about-life Stating the obvious Even before 'Blog' was picked as word of the year by Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2004, people have been enraptured by the blogosphere. Blog, of course, is a shortened form of the word 'weblog' which does what it says on the tin - it is a log of web ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/blog/debutante-arrives What happens to people? As people, at different times in our life, we have individual crises such as loss, death, destruction, abandonment and betrayal. As survivors of these situations we can often be left feeling helpless, depressed, full of guilt, or angry. Sometimes clients describe it to me as 'in a black ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/articles/counselling-articles-nottingham-therapy-online/from-victim-to-victor Counselling, these days, is holistic. This means that the person is understood as a whole. What do Person Centred Counsellors do? Person Centred Counsellors (of which I am one) believe in awareness of the core conditions, i.e. empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard. And these core conditions underpin the quality of relating ... http://www.nottingham-therapy.co.uk/articles/counselling-articles-nottingham-therapy-online/styles-of-counselling