Over the years, we will all develop strategies for being in the world . Most of the time these personal guides for decision-making are useful to us. Sometimes, however, we might have become over-reliant on one particular strategy and not noticed that it is no longer serving us well. How might psychotherapy help? Common Strategies For Dealing With The World In my view it is important to have robust and varied ways of approaching the world; effective personal plans of action p

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Metaphors often prove to be a very useful tool when trying to find out what is going on in someone's life and how best to help. People...

Many people think of contacting a therapist  when something in their life goes wrong and they are left feeling distressed, confused or...