Psychotherapist Recommended Memoirs on Mental Health and More
Memoirs provide invaluable insight, perfect for professional therapists, and for clients seeking self-knowledge. Psychotherapist Julia Bueno, who reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, gives her recommendations
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Why Is Everyone Such a Harsh Self-Critic?
Psychotherapist Julia Bueno, author of Everyone's A Critic, explains where self-criticism comes from and why it sits at the root of so many challenges that bring people to therapy.
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Everything Happens For a Reason: New Novel Tackling Baby Loss and Grief
Psychotherapist Julia Bueno, who specialises in working with miscarriage and baby loss, reviews new novel Everything Happens For a Reason. In Allen's new novel, the protagonist Rachel seeks to make sense of the stillbirth of her son.
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M-Boldened and Other Reads to Educate and Empower
M-Boldened is a collection of essays on the menopause, shining a light on the important and often overlooked aspects of women's health. Psychotherapist Julia Bueno reviews.
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We Are Family: What Susan Golombok's Research Tells Us About the Nature of Families
Susan Golombok's new book We Are Family summarises research carried out over 40 years on people's different experiences of family. It emphasises that how a family functions is of far more importance than how it is formed. Psychotherapist Julia Bueno reviews.
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7 Ways to Manage Relationship Conflict in Lockdown
Sharing space 24/7 in lockdown while coping with coronavirus-related stress could spell trouble for your relationship. Therapist Julia Bueno offers 7 ways to manage conflict.
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How to Prepare For an Online Therapy Session
Now that the UK is in lockdown, clients and therapists are switching to working online. Therapist Julia Bueno explains how to prepare for an online therapy session.
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Give Birth Like a Feminist by Milli Hill Review
Give Birth Like a Feminist reveals current birth practices in the UK and questions whether women are given enough choice or consideration. Therapist Julia Bueno reviews
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How to Talk to Someone After a Miscarriage
As many as 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Shock and grief often accompany this painful event – so what can we say to friends and loved ones who have recently had a miscarriage?
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Women's Hormones and Mental Health: Hormonal by Eleanor Morgan
Eleanor Morgan's new book Hormonal explores how medicine and society have misunderstood women's health and the connection between hormones and mental health
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Why I Wrote a Book About Miscarriage
After losing her twins at 22 weeks, Julia Bueno has written a book about miscarriage, The Brink of Being, to support others
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Ask Me About My Uterus: Memoir Highlights How Women's Pain is Ignored
Abby Norman's memoir, Ask Me About My Uterus, details her experience of endometriosis and the challenge women face ensuring their pain is acknowledged
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The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir
Maude Julien's memoir recounts a childhood spent in isolation, raised by abusive parents who believed it was their duty to raise her into the ultimate 'superhuman'
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In Search of the Meaning of Motherhood
Jessica Hepburn tried many times to get pregnant using IVF. Now she has written a book about motherhood, reviewed here by therapist Julia Bueno
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All That Man Is: Tales of Masculinity at Odds with Itself
David Szalay’s latest novel, All That Man Is, is a valuable contribution to understanding the way some men look at the world
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How to Keep from Turning into Your Parents
Learning to be a parent if you have been raised by a narcissistic mother or father can be challenging says therapist Julia Bueno
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When Guilt Turns to Shame
Using a composite client example, therapist Julia Bueno explores why shame can be a much more damaging feeling than guilt
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How Do I Know Who I Really Am?
Therapist Julia Bueno recounts a composite case history of an apparently successful, happy young woman who struggled to know what she really wanted out of life
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An Abbreviated Life: Book Review
Therapist Julia Bueno reviews An Abbreviated Life by Ariel Leve, who grew up with a narcissistic mother
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Recognising Post-Natal Depression
As many as one in 10 women may suffer from post-natal depression. But, says therapist Julia Bueno, not everyone can spot it in themselves or their loved ones
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The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel Van Der Kolk's "brilliant synthesis of contemporary thinking about the impact of trauma on the body and mind" The Body Keeps the Score is reviewed by therapist Julia Bueno
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Being Single Can Be Painful at Christmas
Family Christmas can be painful if you are the only one who is single and without children. Therapist Julia Bueno has advice for coping
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Missing Loved Ones at Christmas
Christmas can be a painful time of year if loved ones are missing. Therapist Julia Bueno posts on coping with bereavement in the party season
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WiseWords #1: from Brene Brown to Paul Gilbert
The first in a series in which welldoing.org therapists share the books they suggest to their clients. The first recommended titles are from Julia Bueno
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Why Walking and Talking Therapy Works
Therapist Eileen Wise offers walking and talking therapy from her home in the Suffolk countryside. She explains how getting out in the open air can help with difficult conversations
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On Feelings, Closeness and Intimacy
Therapist Kamila Kaminska explores the uniqueness of our emotional struggles and how therapy can support you in developing closeness and intimacy in all your relationships
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For New Mums and Dads Dealing with Negative Feelings
Therapist Kamila Kaminska writes to all new mums and dads who are struggling with perinatal depression and anxiety
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Saying Goodbye to Summer
Many of us mourn the end of summer. Therapist Julia Bueno on how self-compassion and taking things slow can help us through the September blues.
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Life Beyond the Empty Nest
Claire Odeon Hershman urges parents to look at the bright side and embrace finally having an empty nest.
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How to Cope with Infertility
Struggling with infertility, some women find they need holistic, therapeutic help as well as medical
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Show Some Self-Compassion
Why are we so mean to ourselves? Unlock your hidden potential by engaging in some self-compassion.
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How to Become a Psychotherapist
It took a while to get there, and by a rather circuitous route, but I count myself extremely lucky for having one of the best jobs I could imagine.
I'm intellectually and emotionally challenged, with ongoing development and learning an essential part of my work. I'm my own boss, which allows me to structure my working week around other commitments. I work both alone and with a team, and I have a strong network of professional support.
Every hour of each working day differs, and there is a range of directions in which my professional interests may steer me....
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Don't Let Mindfulness Unleash Your Inner Critic
Mindfulness practice is a useful psychological tool, but it needs an element of self-compassion too says therapist Julia Bueno
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Partners of Miscarriage Feel Ignored
We must also recognise the grief experienced by partners of miscarrying mothers so they have the space and support for their loss to be noted.
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Sometimes Therapy Goes Wrong
Therapy can sometimes go wrong. Therapists can be unprofessional, unethical and even, it's tough to think, criminal.
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Self Protection: A Therapist's Guide
Over-empathising can be draining; read therapist Julia Bueno on why we all need to consider our own self protection before being of use to others...
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Compassion: Why Being Gentle to Yourself is the Foundation of Happiness
It took me a very long time to work out the difference between being kind to myself and actually being kind to myself. I used to think a long hot bath, a yoga class or a new pair of shoes would suffice to ease a low patch or quieten my noisy inner critic. These gestures may have helped a bit, but they remained just that – actions representing a kindness rather than actions that also felt kind to myself when I did them. I could practise yoga for an hour and still feel bad. I might even feel rubbish at yoga and leave a class feeling even worse. Learning to be truly kind,...
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Who Does What? Talking Therapies Explained
Therapist Julia Bueno explains how talking therapy and counselling work for the client
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