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Updated on 18 April 20243 April 2024

For Practitioners: On Learning From the Patient by Patrick Casement

Format: Kindle edition, 256 pages Published: 15 October 2013 by Routledge (first published 1 April 1985) Genre: Psychology, counselling, psychoanalysis Goodreads | Purchase this book through Waterstones On Learning from the Patient is concerned with the potential for psychoanalytic thinking to become self-perpetuating. Patrick Casement explores the dynamics of the helping relationship – learning to recognize how patients offer cues to the therapeutic experience that they are unconsciously in search of. Using many telling clinical examples, he illustrates how, through trial identification, he …

Updated on 18 April 202419 March 2023

Low-cost counselling and psychotherapy organisations in Kent

There are lots of private low-cost counselling and psychotherapy organisations to explore if you are unable to wait for the NHS or unable to pay the full fee to see someone privately.

Updated on 18 April 20246 June 2022

Your Complete Guide to Finding a Private Counsellor/Psychotherapist

This guide is for people in the UK wanting to find a counsellor or psychotherapist and not knowing where to start. I will explore the following: what is a counsellor/psychotherapist, where do you look for one, and what should you bear in mind. The first thing you might be asking yourself is: what is the difference between a counsellor and a psychotherapist? To be perfectly honest, there is very little difference. I’ll explore some possible differences, but all in all, …

Updated on 18 April 20246 June 2021

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: An Overview

What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)? PMDD is a condition that occurs just before and while a person with a uterus is menstruating. It differs from Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) in that it tends to be more severe and recurring. PMDD can affect a person’s physical and mental health, which can in turn impact their work life, social life and family life. What are some symptoms of PMDD? Emotional symptoms may include: mood swings increased irritability feeling tearful, anxious and/or hopeless …

Updated on 18 April 202424 March 2021

Top tips for it all becomes too much

Sometimes we might find ourselves at a point beyond exhaustion. It could be the comedown after seeing friends, or the end of a frantic week and dreading the next week. Perhaps you find yourself running around for others constantly without sparing a moment for yourself. It might feel like there’s no end in sight to the exhaustion. When life becomes a bit much, here’s what we recommend you try. Make sure you’ve covered the basics. These following tips will seem …

Updated on 18 April 202416 March 2021

An Introduction to Emotions

What are emotions? Put simply, emotions are feelings. You can feel happy, sad, scared, lonely, and you can feel them on a spectrum. For example, if you felt happy, you could be content, which is quite mild, or ecstatic, which is more extreme. If you felt sad, you might feel slightly melancholic, or you might feel extremely depressed. Everyone varies with how they experience emotions. Sometimes in life you might come across individuals who just seem to get on with …

Updated on 18 April 202423 February 2021

Ten Top Tips to Help You Sleep

As part of General Wellbeing Month at Psychotherabee, we’re sharing some ways you can improve your sleep as suggested by Dr Matthew Walker, renowned neuroscientist and psychologist. Try some of these tips and see what works for you. Improve your sleep hygiene. This is probably the one you hear about most — don’t use your laptop in bed, use your bed only for sleeping in so your brain associates your bed with being asleep. If you experience middle of the …