Gestalt Therapy There are a some things in Gestalt therapy that are different from most other types of counselling and psychotherapy: Gestalt is relational: Many therapies emphasise the importance of the relationship (sometimes called the alliance) between the client and the therapist. Gestalt goes a step further than most. If that is where your interest is, then a Gestalt therapist…
This is a guest post by J Hellings, one of our therapists. Saint Valentine’s day is coming up. Your feelings about that might not be simple and might not even be positive. If that’s so then you are not alone. If you do look forward to Valentine’s day then I’m not here to rain on your parade and I’m not…
This is a guest post by J Hellings, one of our therapists. When you are worried about a person you care about, it can sometimes be difficult to have a conversation with them about how they are. There are lots of reasons for that. – We might feel like it’s none of our business, that we would be prying…
This is a guest post by J Hellings, one of our therapists. What is shame? Shame is the hide-yourself-away emotion. It’s what you feel when you believe that you are unacceptable to other people. It might happen after you do something that you decide was awful, but it’s fundamentally about how you feel about yourself, not the thing you did.…