'White Knights' are people (often men) who seek relationships with vulnerable partners and they care for their partners at the expense of their own needs. Establishing healthy boundaries, setting realistic limits and understanding that you deserve more are the keys to overcome White Knighting.
Separation from family and friends make expats vulnerable to mental health problems. Listen to this conversation with one of my clients about how to look after your mental health while living abroad.
How to avoid excessive alcohol consumption during the pandemic? Many people have increased their alcohol intake during the COVID-19 pandemic and some don't know how to cut back on their drinking. In this episode I will be discussing the reasons for alcohol abuse and ways to overcome the addiction with my client Deborah from the UK.
Listen to a conversation with my client Lucy from Scotland, who is passionate about meditation and who will ask me many important questions about this practice.
This session discusses the possibiities of starting therapy despite having had negative therapy experiences in the past.
This full-hour session focuses on the topic of self love and how it feels to truly love yourself. My client Deborah is 54 years and from the UK. She asks me questions like: What is self love? How do I know if I love myself? What can I do to love myself? We discuss practical aspects of self love and why self love is so important. We also clarify the difference between self love and selfishness, which are two different things.
Listen to a full-hour session with my client Ciel, 20 years, from France, who identifies as non binary. Coming out is a process of understanding, accepting and valuing your sexual orientation/identity, but it is mostly a process of understanding and loving yourself more than others. Ciel and I discuss the difficulties of caring more about your own feelings than about others and we talk about the possibility of not expecting other people to understand or even accept your identity issue. The only thing that really matters is that you love and accept yourself unconditionally before taking the step of coming...
Listen to this one-hour session with my client Leo, 41 years, from the UK. Leo is accomplishing less than he expects from himself. We discuss the reasons for this and talk about ways to overcome the cognitive patterns which lead to underachieving.
Strong perfectionism can create stress or anxiety. Listen to a one-hour session with my client Noah, who is 30 years and from Germany. We discuss the causes of negative perfectionism as well as how CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) can help change limiting perfectionistic thoughts.