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The Quiet Lies We Tell Ourselves About Starting Therapy

When people first consider counselling, they often ask about techniques and specialisms - What approach do you use? How many sessions will I need? Can you help with anxiety, grief, trauma? These are important questions, but as a counsellor, I can tell you something that research and experience consistently shows, it is the relationship between you and your therapist that is one of the most powerful drivers of change. Long before therapy evolved into specific approaches, Carl

A new client once arrived for their first session and, half-joking but half-serious, said: “So, you’ll fix me in six weeks, right?” We...