“Fragility (and strength), like vulnerability, is relative, as the soft sponge will be like a mountain for the ant, and it could be annihilated by the softest touch.”
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Enrica Tifatino | Therapist Interview Series
“Creating, interpreting and listening to music has always been a human need… When we create music, when we listen, when we dance, we are shaping our inner world,”
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Ondine Smulders | Therapist Interview Series
“Loss is part of transition: every change implies something left behind (as well as something newly gained).”
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Ali Ross | Psychotherapy Interview Series
“Anxieties – mine and my clients – are the best teacher we have available in therapy. They teach us what we most care about, are most threatened by and are often avoiding the most.”
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Maja Andersen | Therapist Interview Series
“Once someone shows us care, the idea of being ‘worthless’ is automatically challenged.”
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Interview with Sex Therapist, Silva Neves
The topic of sex still remains taboo throughout society today, with the resulting problem of people experiencing sex-related issues, yet not seeking out or having adequate access to support. In this interview, I talk with Silva Neves, a psychotherapist specialising in psychosexual and relationship therapy, couples therapy, and the treatment of compulsive sexual behaviours. I…
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The Friendship Bench: Zimbabwe’s Answer to a Need for Safe Spaces
Responding to widespread mental health problems in Zimbabwe, Professor Dixon Chibanda took to unusual methods – training a team of grandmothers in creating safe spaces for people to talk. ‘Friendship Bench’ is a result of their teamwork – organised around culturally embedded concepts surrounding wellbeing and belonging. In this interview, ‘Friendship Bench’ share with me the full story and meaning behind their project, and what message they ultimately wish to spread.
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Interview with Charlotte Fox Weber, Founder of School of Life’s Psychotherapy Service
Charlotte Fox Weber is a psychotherapist and founder of the School of Life psychotherapy service. She has a profound interest in emotional issues, working relationally with clients where they feel stuck, lost or without meaning. In this interview, Charlotte shares her story, as well as her views around the need and use of therapy. What…
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Letting Feelings Flow: A Psychotherapist’s Thoughts on Mental Health
“I believe [negative thoughts] can be recognised as the sometimes random ticker tape message of the brain” In this interview, I ask a psychotherapist named Dan about his ideas surrounding issues in mental health. He responds with his own understanding and experience as well as some views on how they might be tackled – through…
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Interview with Tayo ; Tayo Project
“[Stigma] can also be connected with empowerment and inspiration” – Mari Mendoza, Tayo ; Tayo Tayo ; Tayo is a mental health advocacy project based in the Philippines. With Project Semi Colon being one of their main influencers, Tayo ; Tayo launched their own line of t-shirts, aimed at spreading awareness of depression and suicide. In…
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“Being Happy is a Generous Act”: An Interview on Mental Health
The first interview in a series of articles aiming to enlighten stories as well as strategies related to mental health.
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