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Do you often say, one part of me is, but the other? If you do this as much as I do, you may suspect you don’t ‘know’ yourself very well. The truth might be the opposite; that you know yourself very well indeed. I recently went to the first Internal Family Systems (IFS) intro day held in London. The theory from American therapist Richard Schwartz is we have an entire family living within us and they have various roles, beliefs, fears, conflicts and collusions. Schwartz came up...

365 new days means 365 new chances. So, it’s the beginning of a new year and a chance to make positive changes. If there’s something you’d like to improve or change then now is the ideal time. If you’re in a job that leaves you feeling less than fulfilled and means you wake in the morning feeling unmotivated then perhaps you can muster up the confidence to look for a new challenge. Perhaps work left you feeling burnt out and stressed and you know you need to manage...

Alfred Hitchcock knew the scariest part of any horror movie is not when the attack happens. The scariest part is just before we expect it to happen. The long build-up to the shower scene in "Psycho" is a good example. Similarly, Steven Spielberg created terror with just the hint of a great white shark in "Jaws". That rubber fin feeding our fear of what lies beneath. Why is this? Whilst the actual stabbing or shark attack can make us feel sick, the long wait of expectation is where we...

Hoarding, also referred to as ‘compulsive hoarding’, is recognised by psychologists and psychotherapists as a psychological disorder. It is characterised by excessive acquiring of unnecessary items and objects which are stored as unmanageable clutter, leading to obstruction and chaos in the living areas and/or around. It can affect life in many negative ways – from causing stress and upset, to putting a strain on relationships, and by limiting cleaning capacities, creating...

Chronic pain and fibromyalgia don't define who you are. Hypnotherapy can be very helpful for relief from chronic pain, there has been much success with reducing and even in some cases eliminating chronic pain using the approach detailed below. First, let us look at what is chronic pain Chronic pain is often defined as any pain lasting more than 12 weeks. Chronic pain persists often for months or years. There are many reasons why you may have pain. Examples are arthritis,...

I grew up with an acute phobia of balloons, fireworks, motorbikes etc. loud noises in general that I felt my ears couldn't cope with. Whilst most faded, the phobia of balloons has become more intense as I have grown up. The unpredictability, the smell, the delicateness; all things I actively loathed about balloons could bring on a panic attack, even someone mentioning the word could make me very uncomfortable.

At 27, my phobia is often laughed at, scoffed at and dismissed as silly, so...