Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Hope Chest: The writing on the wall – Kim Johancen-Walt

The Hope Chest: The writing on the wall Interesting couple of case studies with Kim’s thoughts, from Counseling Today, a publication of The American Counseling Association. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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Monica Lewinsky – The Price of Shame

This is wonderful. Thank you to Sarah Birdsall on Facebook for drawing it to our attention. Deeply thought-provoking, intelligent, heartfelt and moving – an inspiring example of someone who has taken their own horrible experience and transmuted it with courage … Continue reading

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James Hillman on The Daimon

“Each life is formed by its unique image, an image that is the essence of that life and calls it to a destiny. As the force of fate, this image acts as a personal daimon, an accompanying guide who remembers … Continue reading

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The monsters of our minds – Anon (via berlin-artparasites)

Palace Gate Counselling  Service, Exeter

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Everything is a Mirror (until it’s Not) – Toko-pa

Everything is a Mirror (until it’s Not) Powerful post on how valuable and important it is that we can inhabit our ‘no’, alongside our capacities for self reflection and loving kindness. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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‘Head Garden: A Lyrical Animated Film by Lilli Carré’ by Maria Popova

http://www.brainpickings.org/2013/01/14/head-garden-lilli-carre/ Another lovely post from Maria Popova on brainpickings, featuring the work of Lilli Carré (whom the writer had not previously encountered). Not sure about the last line – seems like most of us ‘lose our heads’ more than once….and … Continue reading

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Marcel Proust on what to do with suffering

   ‘Eclipse Tree’ We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full. Marcel Proust Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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Jason Hine on Who knows what should happen?

The following is a post from Jason’s Facebook page:- https://www.facebook.com/jason.hine1 Gratitude to him for allowing us to repost it here. ‘Who knows what should happen at any given moment? If a conflict resolution process involving ’empathic listening’ such as non-violent … Continue reading

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Does Not Exist – Jay Watts

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Does Not Exist Interesting, politically savvy post by Jay Watts on the Mad in America site. Just as relevant here…. ‘By conflating a number of vastly divergent approaches with strikingly different ideas of what it means to … Continue reading

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Touch Isolation: How Homophobia Has Robbed All Men Of Touch – Mark Greene

Touch Isolation: How Homophobia Has Robbed All Men of Touch Intelligent and humane article from Mark Greene via http://www.goodmenproject.com. In the writer’s view, this is a cultural issue going beyond touch between men, and issues around sexual identity or homophobia … Continue reading

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