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Thinking About Counselling

by James Rye, BACP Accredited Professional Counsellor and Psychotherapist, Director of Connections Counselling Ltd.

A series of podcasts for people who are thinking about counselling, or who have started therapy. The series will cover topics such as: "How do I know this therapist is the right person for me?", "What factors contribute to low self-esteem and what can I do about it?", "How can I stop procrastinating and make a good decision?", "How can I reduce the stress I feel?", "How can I be more assertive in my relationships and say the difficult things I want to?" The series is intended to be a prequel to and a supplement to therapy, not a substitute for it.

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Episodes

  1. Coping With Loss

    People experience loss in a variety of ways - for example, the loss of a job, the ending of a relationship - as well as through the death of a loved one. This podcast gives one model of what happens when people grieve and explains what keeps people grieving longer than others.

  2. The Language of Love

    This podcast considers how we could improve our relationships with those closest to us by learning to speak love in a way that they understand. Not everyone experiences love in the same way.

  3. Coping With Life

    A story illustrating that what you think influences how you feel and behave.

  4. Managing Procrastination

    This podcast briefly looks at the reasons why we sometimes find making a decision difficult and then goes on to give some tips for helping us make a decision.

  5. Reducing Stress with a Seagull

    One of the most influential psychotherapists of the C20th, Albert Ellis, used to say that people were like seagulls - they went around causing mess all over the place. This podcast explores the way in which the messages we tell ourselves cause a degree of mental stress. It begins to suggest ways…

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  6. Stroking Your Self Esteem

    Why do some people seem to have more confidence than others? Why are some people able to bat criticism away with minimum pain, while others seem to be nearly destroyed by it? This podcast explores the importance of the 'stroke bank', explains why it is full in some people and not so full in…

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  7. How do you find the right counsellor for you?

    At the time of this broadcast (2009) anyone in the UK can call themselves a counsellor or therapist? How do you go about finding out if the person you are going to is properly qualified? What questions should you ask? What is the difference between 'trained' and 'accredited'? Even if the person…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A series of podcasts for people who are thinking about counselling, or who have started therapy. The series will cover topics such as: "How do I know this therapist is the right person for me?", "What factors contribute to low self-esteem and what can I do about it?", "How can I stop procrastinating and make a good decision?", "How can I reduce the stress I feel?", "How can I be more assertive in my relationships and say the difficult things I want to?" The series is intended to be a prequel to and a supplement to therapy, not a substitute for it.

HOSTED BY

James Rye, BACP Accredited Professional Counsellor and Psychotherapist, Director of Connections Counselling Ltd.

Produced by James Rye

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A series of podcasts for people who are thinking about counselling, or who have started therapy. The series will cover topics such as: "How do I know this therapist is the right person for me?", "What factors contribute to low self-esteem and what can I do about it?", "How can I stop...

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Thinking About Counselling is created and hosted by James Rye, BACP Accredited Professional Counsellor and Psychotherapist, Director of Connections Counselling Ltd..
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