The courage (and opportunity) to not know
The courage (and opportunity) to not know – It’s ‘Future’ month and we repost one of Philip Patston’s posts from the past, about having the courage to not know…
Balancing Compassion
Balancing Compassion – Anna writes about balancing your flow of compassion, so you don’t burnout
The mind-body connection
This month it’s ‘body’ month on DPSN. We’ve asked our bloggers to let us know their thoughts on things like body image (both positive and negative), gender diversity, unique functioning or physical well-being.
On taking advice
Last month I wrote a little blog about how, as a therapist, I try really hard not to give my clients any direct ‘advice’. I do offer to teach people different strategies, which may be more or less helpful for managing particular types of problems. But I try really hard not to tell people what…
Am I “flourishing” right? The importance of making self-care work for you
Therapists, as a general rule, can spend an awful lot of time teaching clients how to take better care of themselves. Ironically, as a group, we probably don’t do nearly enough of this ourselves. I think one of the main reasons why, is that we are often so worried about “getting it right” that we…
