Author: Frances Masters
Do you set yourself goals but find you are not moving forward as fast as you want? Does there seem to be a glass wall between where you are and where you think you should be? Or if you do succeed, do you wonder whether you set the wrong goal in the first place; that...
Read MoreDo you suffer from depression and fatigue? Do you often feel you are ‘running on empty’? Do you wonder if there is something physically wrong with you? You may even have been diagnosed with TATS (Tired all the time syndrome). Depression and fatigue When Agnes came to see me, at the age of 64, she...
Read MoreI have been supervising therapists for many years. It has been a professional pleasure to travel alongside many practitioners and watch their skills grow and evolve. In a session recently, I was having a discussion with a Fusion therapeutic coach about developing a private practice at home. The point of our discussion was around the...
Read More‘Football is not a matter of life and death. It’s more important than that!’ Bill Shankley I thought I’d spotted a potential new client in Luis Suarez this week. He’s done it twice before but, with the eyes of the world trained upon him at the football World Cup, you would have expected him to...
Read MorePaul had trained as a design engineer and was very successful in his chosen career. However he was being plagued by increasingly severe panic attacks which had started three years ago. His life was now dominated by the attacks which had sometimes been so severe that he had been taken to hospital by ambulance. He...
Read MoreI like elephants! In my office and consulting room there are some quirky objects. But by far the ones that attract the most comments are the little row of elephants which march their way across the mantle piece. Some are made of dark wood, some are made of light wood and some are brass. The...
Read MoreDo you often feel nervous and wonder why? Or feel you lack the self confidence others seem to have in bucket loads? When you enter a room at a party, do you go in expecting to have a good time and meet new and interesting people? Or do you feel a bit self conscious, a...
Read More‘I’ve been diagnosed with major depressive disorder’ 1 Lydia told me tearfully. I’ve been put on antidepressants.’ ‘What are your symptoms’ I asked. ‘Well I feel depressed most of the time, sort of sad and empty. I cry easily and I’ve lost interest in the garden, which I used to love. I’m not sleeping well yet...
Read MoreSurrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.’ Sonia Ricotti Hi, I wrote ‘Day 1’ on my calendar this morning. It’s a simple intervention. I have used it many times with clients to generate positive emotions. It always has a powerful effect and will for me too. It’s...
Read MoreBy the time Peter rang me to ask for help, he had already been to visit his GP and been given a prescription for antidepressants. He’d been down and depressed for a couple of years without really understanding why. ‘I don’t understand it. I’ve got everything I need’ he said forlornly.’ A lovely house, a...
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