Do you feel yourself easily shouting at someone who skipped you in a queue? Snapping at family members or your partner because they forgot to do something? Losing your temper more easily with your kids?
These are normal reactions for … Read more
Unfinished Business: Our Need to Complete
In Gestalt therapy, we believe that individuals have a natural tendency to find meaning in their experience. Indeed, we seek completion even when we do not know the whole story. The unfinished portrait below is an example of our need … Read more
What should I do between my counselling sessions?
Counselling is a process, a very personal journey. In your sessions you process presenting issues with your counsellor based on a therapeutic relationship – you elaborate on daily life situations in which you are struggling, you discuss, ask questions, express … Read more
5 Things to Expect from your Therapist
Although times have changed and there are a lot more discussions surrounding therapy, it is understandable to have questions and doubts regarding the process. While I for example appreciate the service of an accountant, I myself struggle to understand good … Read more
Irvin Yalom and Death
“I feel strongly—as a man who will himself die one day in the not-too-distant future and as a psychiatrist who has spent decades dealing with death anxiety— that confronting death allows us, not to open some noisome Pandora’s box, but … Read more
Counsellor Vs Psychologist | What’s the difference?
A common question that many people may pose is, what difference is there between a Counsellor and a Psychologist?
- Let’s start off with what qualifications one needs to perform their role.
For one to be a warranted Counsellor in Malta, … Read more