From Where I Sit

I’d been meeting with Harry (no real names or individual stories are used in this blog) 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 [...]

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I almost fell off my chair when Hazel (no real names or individual stories are used in this blog) 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 [...]

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One of the issues Lucien (no real names or individual stories are used in this blog) 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), [...]

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When Amy (no real names or individual stories are used in this blog) 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 [...]

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