What Is Climate-Aware Therapy?
What is climate-aware therapy? Stefanie Behrendt explains how therapists are supporting people with climate distress to transform emotions into action.
Can The Brain Be Stretched?
We explore neuroplasticity, a remarkable phenomenon that allows us to transform our habits into permanent behaviours.
The Three Pillars of Change
During a recent job interview, I was asked about what makes therapy successful. These insights are valuable tools to navigate life's challenges. The three pillars of change - awareness, acknowledgment, and integration - provide a transformative foundation for personal growth.
5 Types of Relationships
Understanding the different types of relationships - egoistic, self-sacrificing, miserable, trans-actional, and cooperative - helps us navigate our connections.
How Capitalism Affects Our Mental Health
Many people unknowingly live with stressful beliefs and suffer the consequences. Internalized capitalism leads to guilt during breaks and downtime, as well as the persistent feeling that we are inadequate.
Bruxism and Its Psychological Implications
The therapists listed on It's Complicated are trained in many different modalities and have experience with all sorts of conditions. One of the lesser known specialties is bruxism, or what is commonly referred to as teeth grinding or clenching, which clinical psychologist Dr. Damla Yildirim has written an informative article about.
What is Hypnosystemic and Embodiment Psychology?
In this article, hypnosystemic and embodiment psychologist, Benedikt Schmidt, delves into his approach to therapy – one which is holistic, directly somatic and meaning-making
The Worrying Effects of Worry
A number of years ago, I attended a family gathering in which I ended up having a discussion with a mother about worry. She asked me how she could stop being a “Worrier”, and we discussed in detail all of her worries and the impact it was having on her.
Thoughts on Nature and Self-Compassion
In a recent conversation with a colleague where we were talking about trust, forgiveness and other things therapists like to talk about, out of my mouth came a sentence that went something like: “Cultivating awe and respect for nature – and then coming to understand that I was part of the same nature which I so love – has allowed me to finally feel at home in my life”.
Things My Polyamorous Therapist Friends Say
For the sixth episode of the It’s Complicated podcast,
Reece Cox ventures into the realm of multilove. The episode is captivating and only left me curious for more brain pickings, so I wrote not just one of the interviewed psychotherapist, Mathias Funke, but also two other counsellors specialised in polyamory, Rosanna Wendel and Phil Sheldon. This is what came out of my probing.
