Do any of the following symptoms exist in your life? performance orientation drivenness anxiety insecurity over-competitiveness gossip putting others down (tall poppy syndrome) retreating from life a sense of ‘not measuring up’ a false sense of superiority If so, you may be struggling with inferiority. The Cambridge Dictionary describes this as a feeling that you are not as … Read more
Are you irritable? Do you find it difficult to sleep? Are you struggling to concentrate or complete tasks? Do you keep getting sick? You could be experiencing a stress management issue. A certain amount of stress in life is normal, even healthy. This might be the tension you feel when you respond to a red … Read more
Victim? Truly, some have been victims… of crime, abuse, injustice, degradation and circumstance. But many of us choose the mindset of a victim… when really we have no right to. It is a choice we have made… because we can. But in the same way that we can make that choice to be a victim,we can also choose to not be … Read more
Do you still feel guilty about things that happened long ago? This is something I often come across when working as a counsellor and it doesn’t have to be this way. Feeling guilty for things in the past keeps us stuck in a place of having done something wrong, along with the negative self talk … Read more
Interpersonal Practice Personality is illuminated through reflection upon the question “who am I?” Thus, does who I am, defined by my personality, develop or is it predetermined before birth, is it a result of nurture or nature, is personality a consequence of biology or environment? These deeper questions of personality origin which ultimately answer the … Read more
The health benefits of positive relationships are extensive. Science is explaining more and more, what has previously been considered as intangible. The realm of intimacy, attachment and even romance is being studied more and more, and a body of research based evidence, pointing to the importance of meaningful relationships is growing. In addition, the effects … Read more
Social Worker Perspectives by Ryan Hill- Breathe Counselling Perth Organisation theory for practice. Social work draws on theories relating to interpersonal communication, group formation and dynamics, leadership and resource (including power) distribution, problem-solving, and how various systems function independently and interrelate. Significantly, Hughes and Wearing’s (2007) concept of social work organisational theory translates and applies … Read more
Social Worker Perspectives by Ryan Hill – Breathe Counselling Perth An effective organisational team consists of honest, supportive, symbiotic relationships. Hughes and Wearing (2007) assert organisational culture change happens in the context of managing professional and personal values, and in the effective treatment of competing organisation and service-user demands. Hence, changing culture in organisations involves … Read more
According to the Oxford Dictionary Contempt is, ‘The feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration’ or to have ‘disregard for something that should be considered’. When we act with contempt, we basically treat others as though they are inferior to us. Contempt can involve sarcasm, cynicism, mocking, mimicking or negative body language such as rolling your … Read more