Blogs for your mental health and career development - Page 7 of 16

A Space for Self-Care

In this post, I’d like to talk about how supervision can be a space for self-care. As therapists, it is vital that we have a good support system in place for our professional and confidential work. Personal therapy is one

Who are you in your relationship? (Moving Out Of The Drama Triangle)

Hi, and welcome to part two of the Drama Triangle mini-series. In the previous post we defined what each of the roles meant and what the individual in those particular roles might be thinking or doing. In order to improve

What to expect from Supervision – Boundaries

Boundaries are a topic dear to my heart, and in this post we will discuss these in the context of supervision. It’s important in our daily lives, but it takes a different scope when we talk about it in professional

Who are you in your relationship? (The Drama Triangle)

Hi, and welcome to this post, in which I’ll be touching on the topic of who we are in our relationship. I will be talking about how we view ourselves, our partner, and how we act in our relationship. The

A Safe Space to Vent

Having a safe space to vent is important in more ways than one. As therapists, we’ve gone through the process of going to regular therapy as part of our course requirements. If your course didn’t have this as a requirement,

The Importance of Laughter (#bluemonday, #bellylaughday)

Hi, and welcome to this blog post! This week there are two awareness days that called my attention and that I think can work well quite nicely. Blue Monday is meant to be the most depressing day in January –

Our relationship with food – emotional over/under eating

Hi, and welcome to this post. This week is National Obesity Awareness Week (#obesityawarenessweek), and in this post I’d like to focus on a particular aspect of our relationship with food: emotional eating (or not eating). Firstly, I’d like to

Practice to a Safe Standard

In this post, I want to review some of the ways attending appropriate supervision will help you practice to a safe standard. Every profession has its ethical codes. The medical profession has the Hypocratic Oath (in a few words –

The Meaning of Supervision – Video

In this post, I’d just like to leave you with a video of what I believe is the meaning of supervision, underpinned by the 5 theories that I use to inform my practice, as well as personal and professional experience

Christmas Meditation

Hi, and welcome to this blog post – a Christmas Meditation for you. Christmas means many things to different people. I’m not going to try to figure it out as there are many, many different ways to celebrate and ponder