Dublin Counsellor Blog
Bereavement Counselling Dublin Part 3
Bereavement counselling Dublin Part 3: Helping someone to die is a humbling experience. A person should be prepared and told gently, slowly, and with consideration.…
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Bereavement Counselling Dublin: Part 2
Bereavement counselling Dublin part 2: An important part of looking at bereavement is looking at ourselves and reconciling that we too will die. It’s hard…
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Bereavement Counselling Dublin: Part 1
Bereavement Counselling Dublin: Part 1: When someone is dying, they go through five stages, according to well-known psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: the process of denial, anger,…
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Favourite Psychotherapy Books: Part 3
Clients sometimes ask ‘what can I do outside therapy work?’ Some find the practice of mindfulness useful in looking after their mental health. Here is…
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Favourite Psychotherapy Books: Part 2
The Freud Reader/The Carl Rogers Reader Favourite psychotherapy books part 2: I just love the original works by the original authors. They give such a…
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Favourite Psychotherapy Books: Part 1
Character Styles by Stephen M Johnson Favourite Psychotherapy Books: Part 1: This was my bible through my therapy training and a bit of a transition…
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What is Paranoia?
What is paranoia? Paranoia is defined as ‘delusions of persecution’. The word ‘delusions’ is a way of saying ‘you are crazy and I (the doctor…
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Anxiety: How it Works: Part 3
In part 1, https://thomaslarkin.ie/anxiety-how-it-works-part-one/, we saw how our inability to say no causes us to be overwhelmed. Overwhelmed means we are full. This is physics…
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