- Invisible Illnesses Jun 22, 2018
(Image by Xavier Sotomayor. Sourced from Unsplash) As many as one in four of us experience mental ill health (McManus et al., 2009). It is often difficult to see, even to those closest to the person experiencing it. What feels so pressing and imposing to … Continue reading Invisible Illnesses
Read More » - Feedspot Top 10 UK CBT Blogs and Websites 2018 Winner Jun 06, 2018
We are delighted to announce that we have been selected as one of the UK’s top 10 CBT blogs and websites to follow in 2018 by Feedspot Blog Reader! https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_cbt_blogs/ Stay tuned to the blog for more updates in the coming months!
Read More » - Speaking Out – Why Silence is So Common After Sexual Crimes Apr 11, 2018
(Image by Kristina Flour, Sourced from Unsplash) CW: discussion of rape and sexual assault. Why do so many rapes and sexual assaults go unreported? According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales, a staggering 83% of people who experienced a sexual crime did not … Continue reading Speaking Out – Why Silence is So Common After Sexual Crimes
Read More » - Three Reasons Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail Feb 13, 2018
‘New Year, New Me’ We’ve all been there – after the hectic holiday period, we feel we’ve over-indulged, and the prospect of New Year’s Eve makes us reflect on the past year. We make a decision that the next year will be different – ‘New … Continue reading Three Reasons Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail
Read More » - Reflections from the Therapy Room – Being Blind to our own Resilience Nov 23, 2017
The amount of distress we experience before coming into therapy so often knocks our confidence. It can even feel like it’s destroyed our confidence and we need help to even find the pieces, let alone put them back together. One of the things that strikes … Continue reading Reflections from the Therapy Room – Being Blind to our own Resilience
Read More » - How much are we investing in the mental and emotional well-being of our young? Mar 30, 2017
Rates for hospital treated self-harm among school children in N.I. is very high and rates for mental disorders in our young are among the highest in Europe according to research carried out by the Dept of Health and Glasgow University. Professor Rory O’Connor, Chair of … Continue reading How much are we investing in the mental and emotional well-being of our young?
Read More » - Do Therapists Become Less Effective the Longer They Work? Feb 21, 2017
At BCTC, we have been training over forty therapists each year for eighteen years. No matter how hard they have worked to learn theory and skills, and no matter how proficient they are as beginners, they routinely report feelings of low self-confidence on first going … Continue reading Do Therapists Become Less Effective the Longer They Work?
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