From Where I Sit

I’d been meeting with Harry on and off over several months as he worked to overcome an addiction to a gambling lifestyle. Harry (and his family) had not been happy with the amount of time and money that was taken up by gambling. Harry had been making such good progress that he had [...]

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I almost fell off my chair when Hazel sat down and announced she had only lost her temper twice in the last fortnight. From where I sat this was an extraordinary change from the days when Hazel was experiencing major explosions on a daily basis. Hazel had a long history of a [...]

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One of the issues Lucien came to counselling with was his paralysis around commencing a new venture for his life. He had long been holding onto an idea about a new direction for his life which involved his current line of work (electrician), but setting himself up in his own business.
Lucien had received lots [...]

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When Amy first came to counselling she prided herself on striving for perfection. She saw it as a positive quality that shaped who she was and brought out the best in her. Amy, like many other people imagined that striving for perfection was a healthy goal. She imagined that it was perfectionism that [...]

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