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2016: The Reveal – Charlotte Du Cann

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://dark-mountain.net/blog/2016-the-reveal/ Click on the above link to visit http://www.dark-mountain.net for Charlotte’s article, another powerful Zeitgeist piece at the end of a big, shadow-filled year:- ‘This alchemical moment has nothing to do with social justice, or environmentalism or any of the … Continue reading →

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Professor Michael Dougan on the EU Referendum Debate

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

This may seem like an unusual post for a counselling service. However, this is a huge decision that will impact all our lives for many years to come, and the lives of those yet to come. Like Michael, we have serious … Continue reading →

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David Whyte on Resting

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

We have not long posted a David Whyte link – and this feels so seasonally appropriate, and so lovely, that we are indulging ourselves. With hope that – wherever you are, and whatever this time of year has meant and … Continue reading →

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The Longing for Belonging – Charles Eisenstein

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-eisenstein/indigeneity-and-belonging_b_8011302.html Originally written for our local Schumacher College, in the context of a course Charles was leading. Charles features regularly on this blog – the writer believes him to be one of the important thinkers and writers of our time. … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Gilbert on Andrew Zolli and resilience

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Interesting post from Liz with a link to Krista Tippett’s radio show, “On Being”. The writer has not had time to listen to that yet – and was caught by Liz’s summary of the characteristics Andrew Zolli describes as making … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Zolli, consciousness, cultural questions, Elizabeth Gilbert, ethics, growth, healing, human condition, interconnection & belonging, internal locus of evaluation, meaning, perception, power and powerlessness, relationship, resilience, sadness & pain, spirituality, therapeutic growth, trauma | Tagged adverse experience, affordable counselling exeter, agency, Andrew Zolli, belonging, community, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, Elizabeth Gilbert, ethics, existential meaning, interconnectedness, interconnection, internal locus, Krista Tippett, Liz Gilbert, low cost counselling exeter, meaning, On Being, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, person centred counselling exeter, personhood, psychological hardiness, psychologically hardy, recovery from trauma, resilience, sovereignty, spiritual practice, spirituality, trauma, trauma response, traumatic experience, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk | Leave a comment

Antidepressant Superstition: How doctors & patients get fooled by antidepressants – Jonathan Shedler

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychologically-minded/201502/antidepressant-superstition Thank you to John, and Brent Potter for drawing our attention to this worthwhile article by Jonathan, originally published in Psychologically Minded. The writer does not herself use the terminology of ‘depression’ or ‘disorder’ – and the points here … Continue reading →

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Carl Rogers on the term ‘client’

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘Client-Centered Therapy DR: In respect to client-centered therapy, I thought I would start with a series of questions on the terminology you devised for your theories. When did you decide to use the term client, rather than patient? CR: I … Continue reading →

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