Schedule of therapy this week

This week I am having some time off, since I picked up a bug over the weekend.

Back providing psychoanalysis and hypnotherapy

Psychoanalysis and hypnotherapy provision will start up again on Thursday in Falkirk, then in Edinburgh on Friday and Saturday. I will be back in Glasgow next week.

Counselling, Hypnotherapy, Psychoanalysis, CBT, Psychotherapy

Full range of therapies are normally available in Edinburgh, Falkirk and Glasgow. Stuart provides hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, counselling, psychoanalysis, NLP, CBT, integrative psychology and life coaching. Denise provides CBT, hypnotherapy, counselling and psychology (Edinburgh only).

Low cost reduced rate therapy

People on qualifying benefits and full time students can receive heavily discounted therapy in Edinburgh. Includes counselling, hypnotherapy, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, NLP, CBT and life coaching. Spaces available at the moment (April 2014).

Flame emails from competitors and people in pain

From time to time we have some person attacking us –  not a client, we have never to date had a client complaint, but a stranger, upset on the internet.

Sometimes this is a mischief making competitor thinking wrongly that after a career going back to 1993 that we would be put of by such nonsense.

Sometimes a person in pain misdirects their anger at us, perhaps they are not well, perhaps angry at another service, who knows. We sympathize with their pain.

We understand people can displace and project their pain onto therapists online, this is a known thing to happen. However we do have a policy. We provide two warning emails and attachments, both designed to calm things down, then we make it clear that we are not prepared to take abuse from complete strangers.

We are human beings too, with legal and human rights, and therefore we will protect ourselves legally is defamed, libeled or attacked abusively online.  After the first two warnings, the final third warning is followed by legal action.

This post is being shared since after a nice quiet 12 month period, another disturbed and potentially hurt person has again projected onto us at random. Maybe this is a sign the NHS is failing, maybe it is a malicious competitor, we do not know. But it is important to indicate –  we sympathize, but will defend ourselves legally where needed.

(we do get a lot of annoyed competitors who are not terribly well qualified, can not be bothered with AVR scheme fees or are too out of touch to obey NOS standards. Unfortunately these people plague those of us trying to make a difference!)

http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/news/home-news/camleys-cartoon-on-atos-quit.1395999727?_=2a261e73a4b5d5eb8b25a997f6d1edcb0e811f6c
The frequently condemned firm carrying out health assessments for health and disability related benefits in parts of the UK lampooned in cartoon. For those who don’t know, their staff were frequently unqualified and a substantial percentage of decisions were successfully appealed. Meanwhile they caused ill and disabled people enormous stress and anxiety.

http://m.medwirenews.com/47/105471/Psychiatry/Cognitive_deficits_in_bipolar_patients_not_homogenous
Interesting research showing that although historically bipolar patients have been thought to have cognitive impairment, actually only one of three subgroups identified has significant impairment, and one is actually above average.

This fits generally with anecdotal observations I have made with high functioning clients in my psychoanalysis and psychotherapy practices in Edinburgh and Glasgow in particular.

http://www.asylumonline.net/portfolio/21-1-spring-2014/
Magazine for democratic psychiatry, guest edited by a colleague in the alliance against statutory regulation of psychotherapy and counselling.

http://www.chester.ac.uk/cptpc/research/papers
Interesting report placing doubt on the official claims of effectiveness of English mental health iapt system. Possibly far less effective for return to work than claimed.

Psychoanalysis and Mental Health Topics

Over the coming weeks I intend to add multiple pages to the site, covering a range of mental health conditions and styles of therapy.

What psychoanalysis topics interest you?

If there are any mental health conditions, illnesses or psychological therapy issues you would like featured, please let me know. Either fill out the form, email me or add a comment on the site.

I will only comment on issues I feel qualified to talk about, however in other cases i may be able to suggest or signpost other sites.

What are your favourite therapies?

Currently I provide psychoanalysis, clinical hypnotherapy, integrative psychotherapy, eastern psychology, CBT, NLP, meditation and counselling (mainly couples, grief and stress counselling).  I also teach hypnotherapy and psychotherapy, having written 12 externally accredited level 3 and 4 awards, for which I do the practical training. (the awards are available as distance learning for existing therapists for CPD, or with practical training and supervision for new therapists).  Denise and I also have backgrounds in mental health support work, and Denise has trained in a range of complementary therapies from nutritional therapy and herbalism to crystal healing and Reiki. Therefore we have a fair bit of knowledge to draw on 🙂

Psychoanalysis Falkirk

As usual, tomorrow, Thursday there will be the regular Falkirk psychoanalysis and clinical hypnotherapy clinic. Space is available for couples and individual therapy.

Styles of therapy in Falkirk

Current therapies in use in Falkirk clinic include psychoanalysis, stress counselling, clinical hypnotherapy, CBT and integrative psychotherapy.

Back to Edinburgh

Friday Stuart is back in Edinburgh providing psychoanalysis, CBT and clinical hypnotherapy as well as relationship based therapy.

Seminar Saturday in Glasgow

Stuart and Denise will be attending a day long seminar of CPD training on disassociative disorder and related conditions on Saturday in Glasgow. Disassociation is common in a range of mental health conditions and personality disorders including Borderline Personality Disorder, Anxious Personality Disorder, Disassociative Disorder and NEAD (Non Epileptic Attack Disorder).

Further training in disassociation from new standpoints will complement the integrative nature of the Scotlandtherapy psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and counselling provision.

Happy to say that booking issues seem to be resolved at the South Side Centre in Edinburgh.

We can again accept psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, counselling, hypnotherapy and coaching bookings as normal. Simply email us or use the form on this site, and we will arrange a mutually convenient therapy time.

Today 25th March 2014, we may have short delays in booking clients for psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, counselling, coaching and hypnotherapy in edinburgh. The South side centre computer system is having first aid.

We should be able to book people in later today or in the morning.

Thank you for your patience