Folkestone has become such a vibrant place to live and work, that I am very pleased to be able to say that I have now opened up a therapy service in Folkestone. This is in addition to my current practice in Hythe. Counselling practice in Folkestone I...
When You Are Feeling Like A Failure Dealing with those unwanted thoughts of feeling like a failure I often see business owners, and many non-business owners, muse about how they are feeling like a failure; that they haven't done enough in life. Perhaps their business isn't where...
I'm pleased to announce I am now offering therapy in Hythe. I found a lovely counselling room within the Hythe business centre, which is actually a beautiful restored Victoria building. It certainly does not look like the "business centre" of grey carpet tiles and strip...
How often do you celebrate your achievements? Recognising and celebrating then is a vital part of being human, and maintaining our mental health. In the Human Givens model, everything comes back to needs, and the importance of getting them met to feel grounded, fulfilled and...
The first in our Mental Health For Entreprenuers Series...
In Human Givens Psychotherapy, our needs underpin much of what we do. I've written more about our human needs here, but to summarise they are: security, control, intimacy, status, attention, privacy, meaning and purpose, achievement, and community. If one or more needs are not being...
What Happens in a Therapy Session? If you haven't had any therapy or counselling before, you may be a little daunted as to what happens in a therapy session? The truth is, it will be slightly different for different types of therapies. Not only that, but...
Finding and Needing Your Own Space “Instantly there issued, like a guardian angel barring the way with a flutter of black gown instead of white wings, a deprecating, silvery, kindly gentleman, who regretted in a low voice as he waved me back that ladies are only...
What are The Human Givens and why use them in therapy?...