ISPC International Society of Psychotherapy and Counselling

Towards Therapeutic Sustainability

Is it Therapy or Counselling?

Therapy, Counselling. What is the difference?

What is the difference between a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, psychologist and counsellor? A psychotherapist provides ‘talk therapy’ of one sort or another, although some therapies might feel like there is not much actual talking at all – just forms and exercises.  (I once attended a world-class CBT course but was horrified that they didn’t want to actually talk […]

Relationship Breakups

Relationship Breakups, Lincoln Counselling

Being Open Minded About Your Relationship Breakup When it comes to Counselling and Relationship Breakups, one size definitely does not fit all. Some couples come in to rekindle their relationship and love, some come in for the benefit of their children, and some come in to end things with a third party involved to ensure […]

How Blogging Can Elevate Your Counselling Website on Google

How to ensure you are being seen on google. Having a counselling website that attracts a steady flow of clients and ranks highly on Google can take a fair amount of time and effort. And this is before you consider the ever-changing methods of Google. when it comes to deciding who ranks on the first […]

Body Image and Body Acceptance

ISPC Mental Health Body Image

Body image problems affect lots of different people. It’s not about vanity or being shallow. Body image issues aren’t something “silly” experienced only by teenage girls, nor are they something we can just “get over”. I could share lots of statistics about how many people don’t like their bodies but I think we all know… […]

Costs vs Counselling

The cost of living keeps rising and negotiable counselling fees. Energy bills, food bills, rent, petrol. Everything is going up, yet wages are staying the same, which I feel put’s counsellors in a little bit of a dilemma. We of course want to try and support all people and deserve to be paid a good […]

Are They Listening to You?

Is your smart device listening to your counselling conversations? Let me take you back to last weekend. Myself and my husband were sat in the kitchen, he was waffling on about buying some big umbrella thing for the decking I was not really listening and continued to wrestle my daughter to put sun cream on […]