IPSIG Blog
Therapists Are You Ready For GDPR?
What is GDPR? GDPR is a regulation adopted on the 14th April 2016 by the EU parliament. It stands for General Data Protection Regulation. Businesses had 2 years to comply. The regulation will be enforceable from 25th May 2018 by the European Union. In a series of articles, I’ll cover GDPR and what it means […]
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Quick Guide To Marketing Yourself On Line
There are many things to think about when launching a private practice the most critical will be where do I get client leads? Very often these can simply be by word of mouth based on previous successful work, registering with private health care providers or via traditional marketing in places your clients visit or see […]
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Happiness – we’ve been doing it all wrong. Richard Branson elucidates.
Everyone knows that January sucks . No amount of slow eating raisins will change that fact but at least we have people on hand to share their accumulated wisdom on how to make things better. Take billionaire and human doings, Richard Branson for example. Whilst Mr Branson recognises that mental health problems can alter ones […]
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Technology & CBT course
Book now for our Technology & CBT course running 9am-4.30pm Saturday Feb 17th 2018 in Birmingham. Learn how to integrate technology into your CBT delivery, from delivering therapy online, to using video and autonomic nervous system monitoring in your practice. Smart, Birmingham venue, with easy access via public transport, plus discount car parking, and delicious refreshments, […]
Read MoreBehavioural Experiments in CBT – Adam Radomsky walking the walk
Many CBT Therapists will be familiar with the work of Dr Adam Radomsky who directs an anxiety and obsessive compulsive research laboratory focusing on the research and treatment of OCD in Montreal. He has made a significant contribution to the understanding and importance of cognitions, thoughts and memory in OCD and other anxiety disorders as […]
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Finding a private CBT therapist, it’s a confusing world out there.
Finding a private CBT therapist, it’s a confusing world out there. One of the first things that struck me when I started working in private practice was how confusing other therapist job titles are and their qualifications. If it’s confusing for me then it’s likely to be very confusing for customers or clients looking for […]
Read MoreBefore mindfullness became a thing there was Dennis Potter ‘s final interview
This was playwright Dennis Potter’s final interview, given a few months before his death from liver cancer on 7th June 1994. I watched it when it was first broadcast and was spellbound by the wisdom and poetry of his words. I treasure a copy of the transcript which I have in my clinic room. Anyone […]
Read MoreThe Power of Self Compassion
On this years World Mental Health day I decided to share this 4 minute video with every patient I saw on October 10th so I ended up watching it 7 times. Never once got bored by it. What I learned, actually what I already knew, was that compassion never goes stale and the poignancy of […]
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