CBT Essentials Part 2 Welcome to the second instalment of ‘CBT Essentials’ a new mini-series within Forrest Rambles. Over the next few months I’ll be looking at the building blocks which make up a typical CBT appointment. I’m hoping this will be of interest to those of you who are curious about CBT and those … Read more
CBT Essentials Part 1 Welcome to a new mini-series within Forrest Rambles which I’m calling ‘CBT Essentials’. Over the next few months I’ll be looking at the building blocks which make up a typical CBT appointment. I’m hoping this will be of interest to those of you who are curious about CBT and those who … Read more
It’s August and Summer is here! I’m reminded of being a child at the start of the school holidays, the weeks off stretching out ahead and that wonderful sense of freedom. Alas, as an adult it’s not quite the same but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the season and all that it has to … Read more
I’m very lucky to live just a short walk from my local beach which is where you will find me most evenings unwinding from my working day. Little did I know that I was benefiting from ‘Blue Space’ therapy. I was quite familiar with the mental health benefits of ‘Green Space’ and some of you … Read more
On my desk I have a framed postcard of a quote from one of my favourite authors, Tove Jansson (creator of the Moomins), which reads “All things are so very uncertain, and that’s exactly what makes me feel reassured”. I’m not always sure I agree with this, especially over the past few years when there … Read more
I’m getting to that time in my life where I’m finding myself having more and more conversations about ‘the menopause’. Then towards the end of last year the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) proposed an update to their guidelines to include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as a treatment which can help during menopause. … Read more
Since the start of the year I’ve been sharing blogs with you which explore ‘The Compassion Focused Therapy Model’. We started off with an introduction to the model, then we focused in on ‘Drive’, followed by ‘Threat/Protection’. Today I’ll be focusing on the third system which is called ‘Soothing’. The Soothing System is all about … Read more
Back in January I wrote an introduction to the Compassion Focused Model (if you’ve not read that one then it might make sense to do that before you carry on!). Last month I looked at the Drive system in more depth and now it is the turn of the Threat system. The Threat system is … Read more
This blog post is a follow up to my previous one titled ‘The Compassion Focused Therapy Model’ so please read that first then hop back over here to learn more about the Drive system. The Drive System is all about acquiring things, focusing on a goal and getting jobs done. We may experience feelings of … Read more
Compassion Focused Therapy, or CFT for short, is a branch of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which I’ve become really interested in over the past few years. People who come to Forrest Talking Therapies find it a really powerful way of working through all sorts of difficulties, and I often use the tools in my personal day … Read more