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How Does EFT Work from a Scientific Point of View?

EFT (also known as Emotional Freedom Techniques or Tapping) is a method that uses a combination of the manual stimulation (tapping) of...

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Can We Consider EFT to be an Evidence-Based Treatment Method from a Scientific Point of View?

I am reassured by scientific evidence that a psychotherapy method works. We label such methods ‘evidence-based.' So, is EFT evidence-based?

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A Couple of Extremely Valuable Blows to My Prejudices as a Psychotherapist

Blows to our prejudices as psychotherapists are both extremely helpful and deeply humbling.

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How to Choose a Therapist

In this video, Jeremy de Tolly gives sound advice to those seeking a therapist.

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Do you struggle with willpower?

Welcome to the experience of being human! Most of us have set New Year's resolutions. Yet, somehow we lacked the willpower to carry them...

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Don't fight reality!

We all fight reality in the sense that we don't accept things as they are. And, "Why should I?" you might ask. "There are so many things...

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Does acceptance mean that we can't strive for a better future?

There was a strong reaction to a Facebook post of mine recently. The post read: “At some point you just have to let go of what you...

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What Do You Do If You Have Been Through A Major Trauma?

Traumatic experiences affect us very deeply. In fact, they can negatively affect almost every aspect of our wellbeing. If we are very...

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Struggling to Find Direction and Meaning

So many people seem to be lacking meaning or direction that I've found that it has become a speciality of mine to help individuals find...

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Active Listening Makes All the Difference!

Do you feel that your partner really doesn’t hear you? Do you feel that you are deeply misunderstood? Do you just want to be listened to...

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Developing Resilience in an Uncertain World - Part 3

Life in an uncertain and changing world is stressful for most of us. And, the more stressed we get, the more anxious and insecure our...

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How to Make Wise Decisions in a Crazy World

Over and over, I see clients struggling to make complex decisions – decisions about relationships, about their careers, about raising...

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Developing Resilience in an Uncertain World - Part 2

In 1994, there was a sense of tremendous hope for a united South Africa - for a rainbow nation. And, it feels like that dream has largely...

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Developing Resilience in an Uncertain World - Part 1

I have been feeling ever more uncertain about the future of South Africa and I - like so many of my friends and my clients - have felt...

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A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

I’ve been very lucky in my life to have had first-hand experience of a number of prominent spiritual teachers – amongst others, the Dalai...

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The Single Best Investment that You could ever Make

I met with a friend and colleague – a well-known clinical psychologist and hypnotherapist in Cape Town – and one of the topics we...

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Beauty

When Georgia O’Keefe was a young girl, she became transfixed by the beauty of one of her dolls and thought to herself: ‘Maybe I could...

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How to Meditate?

Our busy modern minds bombard us from morning to night with thoughts, the vast majority of which are profoundly unhelpful. The 'noise' of...

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What is Meditation?

So many different practices are called ‘meditation’ these days that it can be extremely confusing. Here are six types of meditation that...