Vocational Rehabilitation & Counselling Blog

Grasping the nuances of interpersonal dynamics is essential in today's work environment for promoting a welcoming culture and a productive space. Often overlooked, personality disorder traits can significantly influence the way people interact with one another. Understanding these traits allows organizations to create better support systems. This leads to a healthier workplace and a psychologically safer atmosphere.

This article describes Gestalt psychology, its therapeutic techniques and tools, and the meaning of whole patterns and laws of perception.

This article introduces Family Reconstruction, a valuable therapeutic approach that fits within family systems theory.

This article introduces the Temperature Reading, an intervention for couples that was developed by American psychotherapist Virginia Satir.

This article explores the meaning of parts of self, the purpose of parts, and the Parts Party for couples or other pairs in relationships.

This article addresses how dealing with inclusion and exclusion can bring equality into our relationships.

This article introduces the characteristics of a healthy triad relationship, where everyone feels good and there is strong cooperation.

This article describes a process of learning about self and others from interactions in a primary triad with parents or caregivers.

This article introduces the Satir System (developed by American psychotherapist Virginia Satir). It is a valuable process for families.

This article explores the concept of incongruence. Incongruence is a state of disharmony between our verbal and non-verbal communication.

This article introduces the concept of congruence. Congruence is the energy of authentic connection with other people when we communicate.

This article describes person-centered counselling and its emphasis on working with the person and potential, rather than the problem.

This article briefly introduces distorted ways of relating to people in our lives, specifically about parataxic distortion and change.

This article introduces the concept of cohesion and its importance in group therapy. It involves bonding, belonging, acceptance, and more.

This article explores indirect communication and the affect on our feelings and needs.

This article shares the eleven factors experienced by members in a counselling therapy group and the value they offer.

This article shares seven key points about providing effective couples counselling. These may be beneficial for clients or counsellors.

This article shares about the importance of ending sessions in counselling.

This article discusses the importance of distinguishing between the types of violence that occurs within couple relationships in counselling

This article explores the question of whether counselling is about serving people or about helping to fix people; a difference in equality.