Your first appointment will be 60 minutes long.
This session is about getting an idea of the issues you would like help to resolve. I will ask questions that are aimed at getting as full a picture of your life story and history of the presenting problem as possible.
Every morning most of us wake up with an unacknowledged belief in a Just World. If we didn’t, it would be very difficult for us to emerge from the comfort of our duvets to face the rigors of the world around us. We are brought up to believe that if we do as we’re told and are good people then we will avoid punishment.
As a Psychologist, my non-psychologist friends and family have got to be one of my greatest resources in helping me become a more effective practitioner. For example, I was chatting with a friend about the Mindfulness for Mums group at the clinic, to which she politely said she’s really not into that “airy-fairy stuff”.
The current media storm regarding the Parole Board’s decision to release John Worboys at the end of his minimum prison sentence, raises some interesting issues about freedom of information and our expectations of justice. Like all other life sentence prisoners.
