lkmertonSep 8, 20236 min readPart One: How to find a good therapist, and first, figure out what that means.“Get some help.” Some nagging voice in (or outside of your head, very annoyingly) may have said these words to you. I think these are...
lkmertonJul 10, 20233 min readWhy EFT and TAT are the modalities I use myself, and teach to others.The field of psychotherapy has broken wide open in the last twenty years or so. Most of us have heard of Freud, Jung, and B F Skinner;...
lkmertonJun 28, 20234 min readBeliefs, values and the nervous system. What's the link?"Your beliefs don't make you a better person. Your behaviour does." Dr Sukhraj Dhillon Religion, politics, economics, education,...
lkmertonJul 15, 20215 min readWhat is my vagus nerve and why would I want to reset it?If you have never heard of the vagus nerve before, bear with me. This is new science, to me too, as well as to most mental healthcare...
lkmertonJul 14, 20214 min readUncertainty - it's stressing you out more than you think!The management of uncertainty is the goal of successful therapy. When I was studying for my Masters, doing a course on CBT, that...
lkmertonJul 14, 20216 min readTherapy FAQThe decision to seek therapy is a brave one. I hope the questions and answers below take some of the trepidation out of it! What happens...