If in doubt, speak it out...
In both couples and individual psychotherapy, a common theme in the way clients present is that there is much they want to say in their...
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Fe Robinson
Sep 30, 20221 min read
If you don't know what to say, say so
Sometimes there are no words. Awful things happen to those we love and we simply do not know what to do or say. This can be a very...
Fe Robinson
Aug 19, 20222 min read
The diversity of relationships
Not so long ago, the thought of 'living in sin' as a stable family unit, of same sex marriages, of gay couples raising children or of...
Fe Robinson
Jul 22, 20223 min read
Clearing clogged energy for well-being
I've been writing recently about regulating your nervous system to be grounded and calm to give yourself the flexibility to feel and...
Fe Robinson
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Spotting patterns in how you communicate
In recent months I have been delving into Brown and Elliott’s comprehensive book about Attachment Disturbances in Adults. It’s a...
Fe Robinson
Apr 29, 20222 min read
People Pleasing - the Fawn Trauma Response
In my reading lately about Trauma and our responses to it, I’ve been drawn to noticing the fawn response, which is not talked about so...
Fe Robinson
Apr 1, 20222 min read
The power of ending well
I blogged recently about the cost of not having an ending, of what happens when a relationship just stops, without it’s passing being...
Fe Robinson
Feb 12, 20222 min read
Real trumps polite!
I often say I like contact with other people to be real. A few weeks ago, someone curiously asked, what does real mean to me? It was an...
Fe Robinson
Jan 28, 20222 min read
The experiences we need to enable feelings of security and safety
I’ve recently been reading Daniel Brown and David Elliott’s work about attachment difficulties, which focuses on how to help adults who...
Fe Robinson
Jan 21, 20222 min read
Understanding your family's unspoken language
A colleague described beautifully to me the other day the power of unspoken communication in families. You know…the looks. The sighs. ...
Fe Robinson
Jan 21, 20221 min read
National Hug Day!
I could get all sciency and talk about 20 seconds of physical contact causing the participants to release oxytocin (the love hormone),...
Fe Robinson
Dec 31, 20211 min read
Discovering unconscious relationship patterns
Discovering unconscious patterns I was teaching at Bishop Auckland College last week, introducing some concepts from Neuro-Linguistic...
Fe Robinson
Nov 25, 20213 min read
My relationship is not working...what's wrong with me?!
When people come into therapy to talk about relationship problems, they often feel that there must be something wrong with them. This is...
Fe Robinson
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Do you find it hard to say goodbye?
When relationships end, it can be difficult. Particularly if you did not want things to change. It may be that a romantic relationship...
Fe Robinson
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Do you know how the relationships in your life impact you?
I want to talk today about a simple tool you can use to increase your awareness of how the relationships in your life impact your...
Fe Robinson
Aug 7, 20212 min read
Are you at peace with showing initiative?
Today I want to talk about the third stage of Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development model, which is one way of explaining the phases we...
Fe Robinson
Jul 13, 20211 min read
Learning from yourself in relationship
We come to know ourselves through our interactions with other people. It’s a bit like others hold up a mirror to us, we see ourselves...
Fe Robinson
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Do you trust in the world?
I’ve been pondering Erik Erikson’s theory of psycho-social development of late, which sets out eight stages of development along our way...
Fe Robinson
May 14, 20211 min read
The way other people shape us
Do you ever hear yourself say something, and think you sounded just like someone else? It may be a parent, partner, friend, child,...
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