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Accepting doubt inside the therapy room
“He was telling an interesting anecdote full of exciting words like ‘encyclopedia’ and ‘rhododendron.’” Winnie-the-pooh It’s been a really busy time with my partner and I tackling the final stages of our wedding preparations – with our wedding in late march. Most of my spare time has focused on the wedding and life in general…
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Passing the ball back
“Let’s Play Ball!” Tigger What I’ve managed to do since my last post Before starting this post I ran through my previous blog entries. It looks like the last four posts have focused on over-explaining (OE) and intellectualisation (Intel) in my therapy. I’ll then call this Part 5 of the series looking at OE and…
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Aha!
“Aha!” said Pooh, practising. “Aha! Aha!…Of course,” he went on, “we could say ‘Aha!’ even if we hadn’t stolen Baby Roo.” WINNIE-THE-POOH What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks A client had an ‘aha!’ moment this week! In fact, three clients had an ‘aha!’ moment in our sessions. I am over the moon…
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Walking the learning zone tightrope
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” WINNIE-THE-POOH What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks My partner and I had a great time away over the Christmas break – I didn’t think about work much at all and…
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Flight into reason
“Life is a journey to be experienced not a problem to be solved.” WINNIE-THE-POOH What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I don’t know about you, but Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was the bedrock and focus of what I was taught at university in my training to become a Psychologist. I was taught that…
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That’ll do Pig, That’ll do.
What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks It’s funny – I’ve realised that when I’m working on something new to improve as a therapist, my initial attempts of improvement start out with a lot of structure and detail, then after experimenting and feedback from others (e.g. my partner, Nathan, colleagues or clients) my…
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The Butterfly Effect: Therapy Edition
“Sometimes the smallest things take the most room in your heart.” WINNIE-THE-POOH What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks A few days ago I was listening to the book Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg and was struck by something he said when describing part of his process for helping clients form new habits.…
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Overwatering the plant
“I was just sitting here enjoying the company. Plants got a lot to say, if you take the time to listen” EEYORE What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’ll start this post with the 4th coaching session I had with Nathan Castle last Friday. We started by figuring out that I was in two…
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Self-Doubt: Friend or Foe?
““If it’s not Here, that means it’s out There.”” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks It feels like it has been 3 months since I was last writing a post here; not 2 weeks, maybe because Sydney only left lockdown last week after approximately 45 years of stay-at-home orders. Perhaps it’s…
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DP Coaching is awesome. Do it. (Round 3)
“Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’ve got another coaching session to reflect on for this post, this time it was my third coaching session with Nathan Castle. This session didn’t involve behavioural rehearsal, as I decided I…
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Deliberate Rest
“Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear and not bothering” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’m not quite sure how to start out this post, this last fortnight was a doozy, not because a crazy amount of things…
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Building expectations and hope for each other as therapists.
“I must go forward where I have never been instead of backwards where I have.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks What if after everything you’ve read on deliberate practice, you’re on board, but you’re still bothered by the uncertainty of where to start or how to continue practicing it? That’s…
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It all comes down to what ‘works’
“It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a very small animal.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’m feeling pretty damn proud of myself for the last fortnight. This is one of those times in Deliberate Practice where I have a sense of accomplishment on the back of my…
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DP Coaching is Awesome. Do it. (Round 2)
“It’s so much more friendly with two.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks Deliberate Practice coaching is still awesome. I had the second session on July 30th and I enjoyed it more than I did the first time. The focus of the session centred around goal setting with clients, more specifically,…
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Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.
“I must go forward where I have never been instead of backwards where I have.” Winnie-the-Pooh What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I’m back from leave and ready to keep on blogging. I had some good time away and enjoyed switching off, but now it’s time to get back into the swing…
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