Author: Psychotherapist
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Burnout causes & solutions
One Solution – a specialist therapist, for instance, in Kent, U.K. https://www.theburnoutcounsellor.co.uk Bibliotherapy solution Dr Claire Plumbly’s Burnout book (2024). Initial chapters are available on Google books, or Kindle. Listen to the book on Spotify (premium required). The yin-yang balance needs to be in place regarding the above bibliotherapy solution, because carefully approaching self-help and…
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Burnout: why relaxing doesn’t always help.
Someone who is burnt out may be feeling “tired but wired”. The “stress bucket” is a metaphor to explain why rest doesn’t always cure burnout. Stress Bucket In most cases someone can relieve stress in various ways and restore their usual capacity for taking on work. However the person in chronic burnout finds that their…
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Data points while changing habits
Relapse prevention via data points The very first step to recover from a relapse is to rename the event from a “relapse” to “data point”. Asking, with curiosity, what led up to the relapse (i.e., what triggered the relapse of behaviour returning back to the unwanted actions of the past.) For instance: having a cigarette,…
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Desire discrepancy
Desire-discrepancy is common in decades-long relationships, including amongst psychologists and therapists, themselves. Emma Thompson, in the film “The Children Act”, portrays one such marriage where her husband wishes for more intimacy than her, and he threatens to embark on an affair. This article investigates approaches for couples with no sex life, or where one partner…
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8 Brutal Signs You’re Actually Great at Handling Stress
(even if you don’t feel like it) 1. You’ve Already Pictured the Worst You don’t panic when crisis hits. Why? You’ve played this movie before.You mapped escape routes before anyone smelled smoke.That’s not dark thinking. That’s tactical preparation. 2. You Drop Expectations Like Hot Garbage Traffic jam? Whatever.Friend bailed? Cool.You’re not stuck on how things…
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Simon says… use these antidotes to burnout
One of my best mates rang me a couple of days ago, saying that he felt burnt out. He was tired but wired, lacking in motivation and unable to focus – a common phenomenon.Rates of burnout are soaring. One of the biggest reasons is the sheer number of inputs we get including, but not limited…
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Summary of burnout webinar
Burnout comes from stresses in the workplace, there are fixes: a change in the person’s relationship with their job is one of the approaches…