This client I’ve been working with for about a year now, decided to move to a new country two months ago. We continued working together and she recently came into the session with the realization that she doesn’t miss anyone
Should I Start Family or Individual Therapy?
Deciding whether you should start family or individual therapy can be a big decision and every case is different. As the names imply, individual therapy concentrates on a person’s personal struggles, whereas family therapy looks outside the individual and adopts
I’ve Started Therapy but it’s No Use. Why?
People frequently ask if the therapy they attend to is being effective in the first place. The issue with therapy is that it is not like taking medication, where you take a drug that targets your symptoms and hope that
Working with Parental Alienation
Dr. Vincent Marmara who is a Statistician and Researcher recently carried out a study where 600 people were questioned about the meaning of Parental Alienation. The results showed that 80% didn’t know what the term parental alienation is. In fact,
Working with cultural differences in family therapy
Cultural differences provide novelty, excitement, curiosity and the possibility for personal growth and enrichment as human beings learn more about a perspective that is different from what they know. Difference also provides challenges as the possibility to misunderstand when you
An introduction to Gestalt therapy – part II
…How therapy works
Awareness and cognitive insight alone are necessary, but not sufficient. It is believed that it is necessary for the client to feel what he is aware of – to relive, express or do something that will
Will therapy help me get my wife back?
We used to love each other. Then we started drifting apart. Our sex life is inexistent. When we fight, the things we say to each other leave a wound that keeps festering. Sometimes I think she has someone else. We
What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and how can it help?
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a widely researched and evidence-based form of talking therapy originally developed in the late 1970s by psychologist and researcher Dr. Marsha M. Linehan and her colleagues. DBT was initially intended to treat individuals presenting with
Din mhix it-terapista li qed nfittex
Biex issib terapista li tgħinek tħossok aħjar mhux daqshekk faċli. Infatti, hemm ċans kbir li l-proċess biex dan isir jeħodlok ħafna mill-ħin tiegħek. Però, fl-aħħar mill-aħħar, meta dan il-proċess isir tajjeb, m’għandux jiddispjaċik. Jekk tinnota, hemm ċertu kwalitajiet li kull
Can I get rid of my anxiety without actually getting rid of it?
The short answer is: Yes!
The long answer is: Well, sort of. Things are never guaranteed, but we can definitely try to and there is a large possibility that it can happen. The main premise of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy