How to Handle Client Requests How do we honor client requests while staying true to person-centered counseling skills? Person centered therapy in counseling emphasizes non-directivity. Research shows many clients prefer therapists who take an active role in setting goals and offering guidance . Therapists of person-centered persuasion accommodate client priorities when expressed . Navigating this balance requires skill, especially when clients make directive requests. We'll s

How to Value Yourself Valuing yourself sits at the heart of psychological health and wellbeing, yet it remains one of the most misunderstood and overlooked aspects of human experience. Recognising your worth is essential to building a fuller self-image and how to improve self-worth in ways that genuinely sustain you[1]. Yet when self-worth runs low, social situations feel threatening, challenges seem better avoided, and the prospect of trying something new carries far too muc

Building Player Confidence Coaches who work daily with athletes understand, perhaps more than most, how much self-confidence shapes what happens on the field. The fine margins that exist in sport mean that confidence can be the difference between success and failure[1]; research confirms that self-confidence plays a significant role in how athletes perform, whether positively or negatively[2]. Yet for many coaches, the question is not whether confidence matters – it is how to

Science of Self-Confidence Confidence matters for our success, yet only 16% of us describe ourselves as "very confident," according to a YouGov survey. This statistic reveals something important. Confident people tend to be healthier and happier. The sort of thing I love is that confidence isn't housed in a single part of the brain. It operates as a self-reinforcing feedback loop powered by action, reward, and memory. Understanding what self confidence is and why confidence m

Do you ever wonder where the shaming, criticising and sarcasm - ever present in many peoples styles of communication with each other - comes from? Can you think of a few times when you were on the end of such a tirade? Or perhaps when someone else was at the end of a tirade from you? Some parents who were abandoned, neglected or abused as children use this parenting style to an extent with their children. We see the experience and internalising of core shame in relationships