by Laura Prins | Aug 11, 2014 | Health and illness, Therapies, Transition and change
One of the most important dimensions of counselling and psychotherapy is the experience of emotional release – the ability to express and let go of strongly held feelings. This isn’t an easy process. In the therapy room, I often find that people are afraid of...
by Anna Kinnaird Folkman | May 29, 2014 | Health and illness
I recently came across this powerful quote in the book You Can Fight for Your Life by Lawrence LeShan, a now rather dated but fascinating book about his pioneering research on the cancer-prone personality and the emotional aspects of cancer treatment. The quote is...
by Anna Kinnaird Folkman | Apr 7, 2014 | Health and illness
One of my passions in my psychotherapy and counselling practice is mind/body health and how our emotional experience influences our physical health. I enjoy working with clients with chronic or serious illness from a wider perspective than perhaps offered in the...
by Anna Kinnaird Folkman | Mar 26, 2014 | Anxiety and Depression, Health and illness
Yesterday I had the misfortune of witnessing a small child have a terrible accident. She fell from a height in the playground and struck her head on a brick. Whilst we were waiting for the ambulance we helplessly watched as she came in and out of consciousness and a...
by Anna Kinnaird Folkman | Mar 24, 2014 | Health and illness
I have long been interested in the experience of physical illness beyond that which is offered within the traditional medical paradigm. How does illness relate to our inner experience of emotions or spiritual nature? To what extent do we participate in our own...
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