Are you making decisions for yourself?
Sometimes, we make decisions that we believe are right for us, yet we later wonder what we were thinking. How can this be? There are of...
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Fe Robinson
Feb 3, 20201 min read
Who's responsible for how you feel?
It’s common to hear people say 'she made me feel...' or 'he leaves me...' when talking about feelings. While it's sometimes a short hand...
Fe Robinson
Feb 3, 20201 min read
When did your light shine?
It’s perhaps natural that when we are not well we spend much of our time focused on things that have been difficult, or we perceive to...
Fe Robinson
Jan 29, 20202 min read
The relationship of power and gender
Power shows up in relationships, it can't not. In relationship we play out our psychological patterns, showing them most clearly with...
Fe Robinson
Jan 29, 20202 min read
How to raise self-esteem
One of the key tasks of psychotherapy is to help clients come to know themselves more fully, and to be aware of how they are relating...
Fe Robinson
Jan 29, 20202 min read
Why endings matter
Sometimes it is hard to say goodbye. It can be very upsetting when something of value comes to an end, and you have to face it no longer...
Fe Robinson
Jan 29, 20201 min read
Gaze at your partner and deepen your relationship
One of the striking features of working therapeutically with couples is that they have often arrived in a place where they need...
Fe Robinson
Jan 29, 20202 min read
Being a Psychotherapist 5: Work with your own process first
I received a thank you note recently that prompted me to reflect on just what it was that had enabled me and my client to connect in a...
Fe Robinson
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Enabling your system to heal naturally
There is a lot of focus therapeutically at the moment on trauma. We are traumatised when something happens that overwhelms our...
Fe Robinson
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Connecting beyond yourself
One of the aspects of self I find important to find out about in my client work is the client's sense of the sacred. For some people...
Fe Robinson
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Being a Psychotherapist 4: Stay with what comes
There are many different approaches to psychotherapy that inform what happens in the therapeutic relationship. We each have our own...
Fe Robinson
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Using the transitions in your day
A mindfulness teacher gave me a really useful reminder this week about the power of using transitions as a moment to ground ourselves and...
Fe Robinson
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Do you have a structure to improvise within?
I've been reflecting on the perceived opposite of discipline and spontaneity this week. On the surface, it can seem as if having...
Fe Robinson
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Live like its the last time...
Endings are not always easy to predict, they can come unexpectedly. it’s important to know that everything changes, and nothing is...
Fe Robinson
Jan 14, 20201 min read
Are you expressing yourself honestly?
Need a good rant? Worried it might not be good for you? You’re not alone. Often, people have been brought up with unrecognised rules...
Fe Robinson
Jan 14, 20202 min read
Being a Psychotherapist 3 - Humility
This is the third reflection in my series about being a psychotherapist. Today I want to talk about humility, picking up on the final...
Fe Robinson
Jan 14, 20201 min read
On letting go
Letting go is painful. Particularly if what you are holding onto is dearly loved, or if the letting go is not your choice. What is...
Fe Robinson
Jan 14, 20202 min read
You are more than what you know
We like to think our behaviour is directed by our conscious awareness, that we do the things we intend to, and that we are in control. My...
Fe Robinson
Jan 14, 20202 min read
Finding your ground to resolve your past
There is a lot of focus therapeutically at the moment on trauma. We are traumatised when something happens that overwhelms our...
Fe Robinson
Jan 14, 20201 min read
Clear your energy body
I was sat recently, just reflecting, on a windy day. It was quite something, the way the wind felt like it was moving through me, despite...
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