From Where I Sit

Pete came to counselling hoping to understand why the relationships he formed never lasted very long. He would meet someone he found attractive; embark on a relationship only to find that it would end after a few months. This had happened often enough for him to consider it a worrying pattern. He [...]

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Like many people, Tina was facing a task that was proving so overwhelming and so daunting that she just couldn’t face it. Each time she remembered the task she broke out in a cold sweat just thinking about the enormity of it. This was enough to push it out of her thoughts, and [...]

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Graham had been profoundly affected since his partner of nine months suddenly announced that the relationship was over and he was leaving. It had been two months now, and it wasn’t just that Graham missed his partner, he was suffering from the other effects that people suffer when a partner suddenly ‘jumps ship’ and [...]

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Beth was having a hard time keeping on top of marking the assignments her students had handed in. The papers had been transferred between her desk at school to her desk at home over and over but Beth was not getting around to sitting at her desk and marking the assignments. This was [...]

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David came to counselling looking for ways to get through the dark periods of depression that had recently become a feature of his life. David wasn’t entirely sure why the blight of depression had suddenly descended on his life, but it was having a severe impact on his ability to function let alone his [...]

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