Posts by Tessa Ipp
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Approach To Therapy Is a Fabulous Therapy for both Individuals and Couples
How To Make Friends With Yourself In A Beautiful And Respectful Way IFS is a holistic, mindful and empowering approach to therapy. We feel immediately welcomed as we make friends with our inner world. IFS believes we have a system of parts internally that match other peoples’ parts, and if unchecked, we can set each…
Read MoreRegaining A Couples Allegiance
Couples often enter therapy when they feel under acknowledged. They feel unloved and unseen by their partner. This is why they come for therapy. Couples feel stuck in unhelpful ways of relating such as blaming, name calling, belittling, needing to be right, stonewalling and reaching out to others to hide from each other. Commencing Therapy…
Read MoreOvercome Anxiety & Find Calm
Anxiety comes in many forms through our thoughts, emotions and body sensations. They are found in many ideas that are readily available in TV Programs and Movies shown live. Our mind body balance can be out of kilter when we are bombarded with too much drama and noise around us shown in movie and live…
Read MoreStaying Close To Our Truth Is Transformative
Staying Close To Our Truth Is Transformative In Therapy we need to stay close to our truth to be able to heal and grow into better people. Fertile ground for growth is sitting in a place of uncertainty. To sit in uncertainty we need the Buddhist’s philosophy as a guide to sit with uncertainty…
Read MoreHealing Trauma Today
Healing Trauma Today The way we live has an impact on our sense of safety as a human being. We all need to feel loved and to have a purpose to live happily. Finding Your Inner Being or Self Leader Within We are reminded to live according to our moral compass that is encouraged…
Read MoreWorking With Traumatic Grief
Working With Traumatic Grief Traumatic Grief is something you have when you do not know what happened to you or someone close to you. For example, Traumatic Grief is like a passage of time gone by that feels frozen or stands still. I understand how this feels because I experienced it when I lost my…
Read MoreIntimacy is yours
Intimacy is yours when having an honest relationship with yourself. Intimacy feels elusive when we are not honest with ourselves or each other. We are not always aware when we are lying to ourselves when we are busy pretending. Developing a real self is being honest with ourselves. We are alive at a time…
Read MoreRelationship attachments
Understanding relationships Best therapeutic practice is informed by attachment theory in repairing attachment wounds. These wounds stem from the way we are looked after by our caregivers. Defining Attachment John Bowlby famous psychologist defined attachment “as being a strong affectional tie that binds a person to an intimate companion.” Attachment patterns We develop attachment patterns…
Read MoreHealthy boundaries lead to safe relationships
What is a boundary? Healthy boundaries define a line or limit to what we are responsible for and how we will allow others to treat us. Having healthy boundaries involves being able to say ‘no’ respectfully when necessary, and accepting ‘no’ from other people. Healthy boundaries are reciprocally implemented when respecting your own, and another…
Read MoreResources help us to overcome life’s challenges
Resources are significant to us to be able to live well Resources help you participate in life to reach your full potential. Resources enable a client to participate in life using their full potential. Resources are anything that enhances the quality of our lives and relieves us from difficult circumstances, writes Pat Ogden (Ogden, P.,…
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