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‘What’s the Cure for Whining?’ Patty Wipfler – Hand in Hand Parenting
Click on the link below for another helpful article from Patty, about how to help your child with their difficult feelings, and get beyond the unhelpfulness of blaming and punishing. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling in Exeter since 1994 … Continue reading →
Posted in anger, blaming, child development, communication, conflict, core conditions, cultural questions, Disconnection, embodiment, emotions, empathy, empowerment, encounter, family systems, Hand in Hand Parenting, interconnection & belonging, kindness & compassion, loneliness, love, parenting, perception, power and powerlessness, presence, relationship, sadness & pain, self concept, self esteem, shaming, touch, trust, vulnerability
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The Boy in the Closet — How I Lost my Best Friend to a Label by Margaret Altman
http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/08/the-boy-in-the-closet-how-i-lost-my-best-friend-to-a-label/ ‘Diagnoses such as schizophrenia mask all of the strengths, feelings and talents that individuals possess, The labels can make people’s behavior appear aggressive, when in fact they are terrified. On the other hand, people in extreme states respond as all humans do to an approach … Continue reading →
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Sand Tray & Play Therapy: Jennifer Kerner & Jill Weadick
Jennifer Kerner and Jill Weadick doing a filmed session from their ‘Introduction to Sand Tray & Play Therapy’ training (noisy fan for a while from about 5 mins in!). We have several therapists here who are experienced in working with … Continue reading →
Posted in abuse, creativity, Dora Kalff, healing, sandtray / sandplay, trauma, working with clients
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Tagged counselling exeter, creative therapy, Dora Kalff, Expressive Therapies for Sexual Issues, expressive therapy, Jennifer Kerner, Jill Weadick, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, play therapy, Sana Loue, sand tray, sandplay, somatic, somatic reaction, somatic response, working with abuse, working with trauma
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