3 techniques for helping clients escape Catch-22, no-win, psychological double binds.

Help your clients beat bursts of heightened anxiety.

“Why do you two hate each other so much? Why don’t you just get a divorce?” I asked, interrupting the pattern of their well-practised bickering.

Frustratingly, client motivation to change isn’t always 100%. Here’s how to help them meet their therapy goals…

Story therapy at the right time can facilitate psychological and even physical healing.

Here are 3 powerful, hopeful metaphors you can use to help your depressed clients gain a fresh perspective on their experience.

“My father murdered my mother. Right in front of me and my brother. The police came and took my dad away and eventually he was put in a secure psychiatric hospital. After that, me and John went to live with our grandparents. That’s when the real trouble started.”

Confidence isn’t just about certainty. We may be the professionals, but we are not all-knowing seers.

When treating clients we can get hypnotized by detail, by the shape and colour of the person’s life, the minutiae of their issues – leaving us confused and overwhelmed.

Sandy’s militant perfectionism had left her isolated and lonely. Here’s how I helped her change her thinking style.