Revisiting this post from the Archives and I am still none the wiser as to why there is no TV campaign welcoming Cannabis or Class A Drug users to "come over to the healthy side of life" as there is for tobacco addicts. There are hundreds of Addiction Recovery charities in the UK so one imagines … [Read more...]
Using analogies: resonating with the expert
I recently corresponded with a young woman who was presenting with bouts of despair that would apparently "appear like clouds over me" without any prior notice or reasoning. Her life is not similar to the majority of the young women I work with in that hers is financially secure, full of … [Read more...]
Using Solution Focused Approach – Guided Self Help
NICE-approved psychological therapies include "guided self help" which, is for me, exactly what the Solution Focused Approach does. Its use across a range of diverse issues: helping people manage illness or move forward towards alcohol and drug recovery, achieve change in relationships and resolve … [Read more...]
