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She Was Never Broken: A Client's Journey Through Trauma, Addiction, and Recovery

I want to tell you about someone I will call S.

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“I want to do it. I don’t need to do it. I want to.”

What does real change look like for someone drinking heavily every day?

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Finding Steadiness: When the Internal World Gets Loud

A reflection on an IFS-informed therapy session

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When the Parts Finally Feel Heard: An IFS Session on Shame, Anger, and Breaking the Cycle

There are sessions that stay with you — not because they were dramatic, but because something quietly shifted. This was one of them.

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Finding the Courage to Change: Sarah's Story

A journey through alcohol dependency using Motivational Interviewing

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Two Voices in One Room: Working with Ambivalence

How Motivational Interviewing helps when part of you wants to change — and part of you doesn't

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Heroin, Hope, and the Long Road Back: James's Story

Exploring opiate dependency through a Motivational Interviewing lens

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Being Mum Through the Fog: Parenting Under Substance Use

How MI helps parents reconnect with their values and their children

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Paul's Blog

All posts are drawn from real therapy sessions and have been carefully anonymised to protect the privacy and confidentiality of the people I work with.
  • Finding the Courage
  • Two Voices
  • Heroin, Hope,
  • Being Mum
  • After the Fall
  • When the Parts Finally Feel Heard
  • The Door That Finally Opened
  • Finding Steadiness
  • Learning to Recognise the Cage You're In
  • When All the Parts Are Talking at Once
  • Breaking Routine: One Session at a Time
  • Which Part of You Is Saying Yes
  • Meeting the Parts That Protect Us
  • When Panic Takes Over
  • “I Thought I Was Just Thick”
  • I want to do it. I don’t need to do it. I want to.
  • She Was Never Broken
  • Therapist's Blog

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