Plain guides
Guides
Short, plain pieces about what therapy involves, what the letters after a name mean, and how to choose someone. General information, not advice about your situation.
Systemic therapy looks at repeating patterns in relationships and what keeps them going, whether you come alone or with others.
Guide · 4 minSystemic therapy when you are the only one goingWhat systemic therapy can look like when you go alone, how sessions often run, and how to find practitioners who name systemic therapy among their approaches.
Guide · 4 minWhy the same argument keeps arriving in a new formYou keep landing in the same fight or pattern - this explains why insight alone often fails and how looking at interactions can open practical options.
Guide · 3 minWhen joint work is not the right thingWhen joint sessions are unsafe, individual support should come first; here is how to spot that and find appropriate help.
Guide · 4 minWhat the letters after a therapist name meanA plain guide to the letters after a therapist name and what they usually mean across the US, UK and Australia.
Guide · 5 minHow to choose between two therapists who look the sameA practical way to choose between two similar therapist profiles and how the first session is the real test.
Guide · 4 minWhat online therapy is like, and what to set up firstPractical steps to get set up for video, phone or messaging sessions and how to protect your privacy at home.