Thinking About Counselling

People experience loss in a variety of ways - for example, the loss of a job, the ending of a relationship - as well as through the death of a loved one. This podcast gives one model of what happens when people grieve and explains what keeps people grieving longer than others.

This podcast considers how we could improve our relationships with those closest to us by learning to speak love in a way that they understand. Not everyone experiences love in the same way.

A story illustrating that what you think influences how you feel and behave.

This podcast briefly looks at the reasons why we sometimes find making a decision difficult and then goes on to give some tips for helping us make a decision.

One of the most influential psychotherapists of the C20th, Albert Ellis, used to say that people were like seagulls - they went around causing mess all over the place. This podcast explores the way in which the messages we tell ourselves cause a degree of mental stress. It begins to suggest ways in which we can reduce that stress in our lives.

Why do some people seem to have more confidence than others? Why are some people able to bat criticism away with minimum pain, while others seem to be nearly destroyed by it? This podcast explores the importance of the 'stroke bank', explains why it is full in some people and not so full in others. It encourages us to think about giving 'strokes' to others and especially to ourselves if we wish to build up a healthy and strong self esteem.

At the time of this broadcast (2009) anyone in the UK can call themselves a counsellor or therapist? How do you go about finding out if the person you are going to is properly qualified? What questions should you ask? What is the difference between 'trained' and 'accredited'? Even if the person is accredited, how can you find out if that person is right for you? What kind of professional standards should you expect? These are just some of the questions this podcast tries to answer.