Thursday 29 November 2012

Jim's Counselling Week - A counsellor blogs

Hi, I have just posted an update to my weekly Counselling Blog, here: http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html

Sunday 18 November 2012

The counselling blog

Birth and death; Making a positive contribution to life; The Good Wolf (Eros) and the Bad Wolf (Thanatos);
http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html

Wednesday 14 November 2012

The Counselling Blog: A counsellor blogs about bits and bats...

Counselling Blog: Claude Steiner on emotional literacy; Good Wolf - Eros - Virtue; Bad Wolf - Thanatos - Evil; Morality as therapy; memoir of childhood - Daniel O'Beeve; Stoicism and anger - Seneca and Dr William Irvine;
http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html

Sunday 19 August 2012

A counsellor posts a blog on his counselling experience...

My latest blog post is about: Well-being; democracy; summer holidays; good and evil counsellors; unfairness and morality; Stoic philosophy; negative visualization; the dichotomy of control; fatalism; fear, courage and self-esteem; Albert Einstein on defining problems and finding solutions.
http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html

Sunday 12 August 2012

Jim's #Counselling #Blog: 11th August 2012

This week's blog update is now posted.  Topics include: Attachment theory; counselling clients and traumatic events; counselling supervision; humans are primarily non-conscious - thinking fast and slow; the value of meditation; the discipline of thinking on paper; link to the ABC Newsletter; we are born and we die; and part 4 of the weak arguments of Professor Richard Wiseman...
http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html

Sunday 5 August 2012

The counselling blog - a counsellor's weekly blog

The counselling blog is updated: counseling, counselor, psychotherapy:
http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html

A counsellor's counselling blog

My counselling blog is up and running.  Counselling related comemnts on: The role of the therapeutic relationship; self reflection and self development; couples therapy, love and giving; and physical exercise, commitment and integrity.
http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html

Monday 30 July 2012

The counselling blog

My counselling blog is up and running: the thoughts of a busy counsellor: http://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Jim's Counselling Week: a counsellor's blog: htp://www.abc-counselling.com/id143.html
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/zfte8
"I count him/her braver who overcomes his/her desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle success
Supervision Service for Rational and Cognitive-emotive counsellors and psychotherapists
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What is Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy (#CENT)?
http://ping.fm/yXc5G
What is Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (#REBT/#CBT)?
http://ping.fm/jVCGj
Psychological Models and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)
http://ping.fm/f3Fbq
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about ABC Coaching
http://ping.fm/njTNj
Happiness Counselling - An ebook on Creating Joy!
http://ping.fm/VD6Gj
Jim Byrne's Doctoral Thesis on Research Ethics...
http://ping.fm/frQoe
An Assertiveness Questionnaire
http://ping.fm/BTk1I
REBT Workbook and Handouts, University of Manchester event...
http://ping.fm/cIisP
Counselling for Health (3): How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body. http://ping.fm/0sVG3
Counselling for Health (2) - Exercise is good for your body, brain and general health. http://ping.fm/qRN5F
Telephone counselling – UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, etc, and for English speakers everywhere: http://ping.fm/imKpm
CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/UXsbV
"(Wo)Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust." Marcus Aurelius Antoninus success wisewords
All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you. I never had a selfless thought since I was born. CS Lewis on god
"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within." Anna Freud
Unsolicited Counselling Client Testimonials:
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Information Pack for F2F Counselling at ABC Coaching
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Counsellors should not help with military interrogations or torture
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Counselling and Therapy in London, Leeds and Manchester:
http://ping.fm/EHIHf
CENT Paper No.13: Completing your experience of some noxious event from the past
http://ping.fm/69tIx
What is the CENT approach to Narrative Therapy? http://ping.fm/FurIL
The mind is a powerful and mysterious force. It can make the best of the worst and the worst of the best. TG
Jim Byrne's licence and ethical codes
http://ping.fm/3Vk0b
Rusland Assignment 6(2) - A critique of Cognitive Therapy (CT)
http://ping.fm/dXNkg

Monday 2 July 2012

ABC Coaching and Counselling Services in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK http://ping.fm/0bUTU
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/G0QTU
The psychology and philosophy of happiness. http://ping.fm/Di2aM
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. Henry Ward Beecher success wisewords
Self sufficiency: A gold medal is a nice thing - but if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it.
Specialist Counselling Services
http://ping.fm/6SfMp
Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy #e-books; cent http://ping.fm/JxNWC
General Counselling Service
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Long-Distance Counselling Service
http://ping.fm/x8uua
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up." Mark Twain success wisewords
The surest path is one dedicated to a greater cause (than your ‘little self’). TG
Counselling in Hebden Bridge. West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/zKnfg
Completing your experience of difficult events, perceptions, and painful emotions. http://ping.fm/w7LU9
Counselling and therapy in Halifax, West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/CvITH
The Theoretical Grounding of CENT Counselling. http://ping.fm/ViOVU
Empathy is your pain in my heart.
Sow an act and u reap a habit. Sow a habit and u reap a character. Sow a character and u reap a destiny." Napoleon Hill success quotes
A childhood nightmare in Dublin, Ireland http://ping.fm/moaCv
Counselling in Halifax and Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
http://ping.fm/wQov3
What is Counselling?
http://ping.fm/MyVJX
Looking for happiness outside yourself is meaningless - like expecting to become fit by watching others exercise. happiness wisdom
"It is painful to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." Theodore Roosevelt quote
Counselling and psychotherapy in Manchester, UK: http://ping.fm/pavPF
Understanding Anger in Yourself and Other People: What the experts say. http://ping.fm/DiMbh
How to control your anxiety level using REBT CBT http://ping.fm/ncByV
New blog: Jim's Counselling week: A counselor's reflections and ideas: http://ping.fm/P8DUV

Sunday 1 July 2012

Past and future are mental constructs and even the present slips through our hands. So what is it?
Telephone counselling – UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, etc, and for English speakers everywhere: http://ping.fm/SfYue
Counselling for Health (1): Chronic Pain - How Tim Parks' journey can help us to heal. http://ping.fm/ki4bV
CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/GYDik
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/d5Riw
The psychology and philosophy of happiness. http://ping.fm/OBZsO
Counselling and Therapy in Edinburgh, EH1 1SD
http://ping.fm/ot42y
Life is as fleeting as a rainbow, a flash of lightening, a star at dawn. Knowing this, how can you quarrel? Kornfield
You only lose what you cling to.
What we think, we become.
If you can’t find the truth right where you are, where else do you think you will find it? Jack Kornfield quote
Current copy of the ABC Newsletter...
http://ping.fm/vsFqV
Counselling and Therapy in London, NW1 2AJ
http://ping.fm/gwsYY
Narrative Therapy & Writing Therapeutic Narratives
http://ping.fm/HiWIJ
Counselling and Therapy in York, YO24 1AA
http://ping.fm/Nuygp
Make time each day for self-reflection. TG
Counselling in Hebden Bridge. West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/3XbvH
Completing your experience of difficult events, perceptions, and painful emotions. http://ping.fm/UmdAm
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/6FSTP
Parting of the ways: An open letter to Dr Albert Ellis, on the fourth anniversary of his death. http://ping.fm/N9vPQ
Counselling and therapy in Halifax, West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/6oIzM
Counselling and psychotherapy in Wilmslow, SK9 4EY
http://ping.fm/3VQp3
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. Confucius
The Theoretical Grounding of CENT Counselling. http://ping.fm/sqaHJ
Counselling processes need the support of Attachment theory...
http://ping.fm/CTy4a
"Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." -#J.K. Rowling
Understanding Anger in Yourself and Other People: What the experts say. http://ping.fm/DpBYP
Crown of Thorns - A Memoir of Childhood in Catholic Ireland, human resilience, survival: http://ping.fm/dUdgc
Always expect the best and be prepared for the worst. TG
Jim's Counselling Week: A counsellor's blog; Counseling issues, and all that jazz: http://ping.fm/A6mOf

Friday 29 June 2012

The best way to get love is to sincerely offer it. Albert Ellis quote
Seven counselling specialisms
http://ping.fm/mFBU7
When hungry eat; when tired sleep. Above all, don’t wobble! Zen saying
If you want to have a really powerful relationship with somebody, you have got to stop ‘making them wrong’. Werner Erhard insight
CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/qTOWc
The Story of Relationship: Or coming to terms with my mother (and father). http://ping.fm/sFJDJ
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/gGEqI
Those who maintain a clear sense of purpose in life are strengthened by hardship.
Manage your stress and have a happy life: http://ping.fm/se1q1
Counsellor offers narrative therapy in Leeds, West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/W6l5l
Successful relationships are based on agreed on goals. Werner Erhard relationships insights
What is Transactional Analysis, and how is it used in CENT?
http://ping.fm/6Zucr
The "#Individual" and his/her Social Relationships - The CENT Perspective. http://ping.fm/UYwjE
Crown of Thorns - A Memoir of Childhood in Ireland by Daniel O'Beeve. http://ping.fm/oj4Xb
One thing I have learned is that attitudes shouldn't be underestimated in the assessment of the healing equation. Norman Cousins quote
A relationship is an understanding and being aware of another person’s way of being. Werner Erhard, relationships insights
The six main counselling services:
http://ping.fm/uIQUH
Couples Therapy and Marriage Guidance
http://ping.fm/HShL1
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/vFexf
How to analyze autobiographical narratives in Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy. http://ping.fm/pnvDY
S/He who knows others is wise; s/he who knows him/herself is enlightened. TG
If you want your marriage to survive, work to maintain a 5:1 ratio of positive to negative moments. John Gottman: relationships
Counselling and Therapy in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
http://ping.fm/LuBXs
Telephone Counselling
http://ping.fm/PrUVR
The Theoretical Grounding of CENT Counselling. http://ping.fm/ggn94
The status of autobiographical narratives and stories: Human non conscious functioning. http://ping.fm/2rsj9
Moment after moment, everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life. Shunryu Suzuki
Don’t kick over the beehive if you want to collect honey. Dale Carnegie, couples therapy
What is Counselling?
http://ping.fm/W3rRD
ABC Coaching & Counselling Services, by Telephone and Face-to- Face. http://ping.fm/J9c2j

Thursday 28 June 2012

A marriage is a house that is built every day. Relationships counselling: http://ping.fm/S7xKq
Man (and woman) is asked to make of him or her self what s/he is supposed to become to fulfil his or her destiny. Paul Tillich
CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/nBpCh
A journey through models of mind. The story of my personal origins. Narrative self-therapy: http://ping.fm/HrsLn
Develop better relationships with your loved ones using insights from counselling and therapy http://ping.fm/Uzf39
16 videos on counselling and therapy
http://ping.fm/O1Zm2
Counselling and psychotherapy in Manchester, M60 2DS
http://ping.fm/uKSX2
What is Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (#REBT)?
http://ping.fm/XWoFC
Your behaviour when nobody is watching reveals your true character. TG
Being Indian is an attitude, a state of mind, a way of being in harmony with all things and all beings. Brooke Medicine Eagle
OU launches ‘ways to pay’ video for new part-time students: http://bit.ly/OUways2pay OUways2pay
Counselling supervision services...
http://ping.fm/myIaa
‘#Change your thoughts and you change your destiny’. JM PMA
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/g6pkw
THINK YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS - A WEEKLY BLOG. http://ping.fm/Vllr9
The earth is your grandmother and mother, and she is sacred. Every step that is taken upon her should be as a prayer. Black Elk; Sioux
An introduction to the Six Windows Model of CENT. http://ping.fm/1I4LN
Counselling and Therapy in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire http://ping.fm/J78ys
Reduce your stress level... with stress management coaching and counselling services. http://ping.fm/col0T
‘Look at your fears. Learn to hold them up to the light of reason. Learn to laugh at your fears. That is the best medicine.’ JM PMA
A Brief Introduction to the theory of the Good and Bad Wolf states...
http://ping.fm/0rAmW
5. Reduce your stress level...
http://ping.fm/257UV
OU launches ‘ways to pay’ video for new part-time students: http://bit.ly/OUways2pay OUways2pay
Bond and Dryden (#1996): how to scientifically validate the central hypotheses of REBT. http://ping.fm/OuJKe
Counselling in Hebden Bridge. West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/DDJYR
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. Crowfoot; Blackfoot Indian

Wednesday 27 June 2012

Quick Intro to the Six Windows Model of CENT - frame theory
http://ping.fm/Ou69S
7. Improve your self confidence, and feel better about yourself...
http://ping.fm/QlsAI
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/Tviy2
‘Life after 65 can be a glorious, fruitful, active & most productive pattern, better than you have ever experienced.’ JM and ageism PMA
You shall be free indeed when your life is girdled by care, want and grief, yet you rise above them naked and unbound. Khalil Gibran
THINK YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS AND WELLBEING.
http://ping.fm/GHPz4
Meditation can reduce stress and combat depression...
http://ping.fm/68Oxn
Improve your communication skills and succeed with people... through counselling processes. http://ping.fm/Lqqwj
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/GcHsa
Age: 65, 75 or 85 years of age is not the end for you or anybody else... (but) the beginning of a great phase’. JM and ageism PMA
Couples Therapy and Marriage Guidance
http://ping.fm/LVWqO
Fairness, Justice and Morality Issues in REBT and CENT. http://ping.fm/AVokv
Counselling and psychotherapy in Manchester, UK: http://ping.fm/kfT7a
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas A. Kempis quote
Life is what it is, you cannot change it, but you can change yourself. Hazrat Inayat Khan
A Brief Introduction to the theory of the Good and Bad Wolf states...
http://ping.fm/g7b1V
The Theoretical Grounding of CENT Counselling. http://ping.fm/e1AT9
...a surgeon aged 84 years ...operates every morning, visits patients in the afternoon, and writes ...in the evening. JM and ageism PMA
5. Reduce your stress level...
http://ping.fm/plmbw
What is cognitive emotive narrative therapy (#CENT)? http://ping.fm/ZzZzJ
There are seasons in your life, as in nature. Bountiful and barren; warm and cold; becoming and declining. Face them all bravely. Trungpa
A story of the struggle for survival in childhood in Ireland: http://ping.fm/nPKGI
Counselling and therapy in Halifax, West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/gUdeR
‘You grow old when you cease to dream and lose interest in life’. JM and ageism PMA
The ABCs of REBT applied to anger
http://ping.fm/KMyQF
16 videos on counselling and therapy
http://ping.fm/vQvYJ
CENT Paper No.1(d) - On the conceptual errors of Frank Bond and Windy Dryden (1996)...
http://ping.fm/zjoqD
Crown of Thorns - A Memoir of Childhood in Ireland by Daniel O'Beeve. http://ping.fm/GEPyY
Beyond REBT: The case for moving on. http://ping.fm/w7Z6x
3. Get over your depression and extreme sadness...
http://ping.fm/sWNZh
Telephone counselling – UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, etc, and for English speakers everywhere: http://ping.fm/XXaYi
‘You are needed. Some of the greatest writers, artists, philosophers...etc, did their best work after they were 80 years of age’. JM
The six main counselling and therapy services
http://ping.fm/C6GjC
Supervision services for counsellors, psychotherapists and counselling/therapy students: http://ping.fm/GaOIX
Distorted perception: We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. The Talmud
CENT Paper No.12: Tribute to Albert Ellis, and parting of the ways:
http://ping.fm/8ePs5
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/Mpgkw
‘Become a producer and not a prisoner of society’. Joseph Murphy and ageism, PMA
2. Reduce social anxiety; performance anxiety; interview anxiety; exam anxiety, etc
http://ping.fm/Q2nLv
Rethinking the psychological models underpinning Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (#REBT). http://ping.fm/Svx4d
Rather light a candle than complain about the darkness. Chinese proverb
What is Counselling? freud, jung, berne, ellis, beck, bowlby, buddha
http://ping.fm/MwkvH
Creating Joy: How to be much happier, right now! An e-book on happiness by Dr Jim Byrne: http://ping.fm/TauQ4
‘You are as young as your thoughts’. Joseph Murphy and ageism, PMA

Sunday 24 June 2012

The hapiness blog is updated: Politics, philosophy and mental liberation: http://ping.fm/5xNDH

Saturday 23 June 2012

The happiness blog is up and running: the politics of unhappiness and depression: http://ping.fm/lYgkS

Friday 22 June 2012

Reduce your anxiety and panic;...with counselling and therapy for all forms of anxiety. http://ping.fm/Flh5a
Pt.3 of 18 Principles of Couples Therapy - Principles 7 to 9...
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When we realize life for the individual is like a shipwreck, we look around for somewhere to cling to ensure our salvation. JOY Gasset
‘We do not count a woman or man’s years until we have nothing else to count’. JM and ageism PMA
CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/T85YQ
Eighteen Principles of Couples Therapy: Principles 10-12
http://ping.fm/IHxfz
You must accept the cards that life deals to u, but u alone must decide how to play those cards in order to win the game of life. Voltaire
OU launches ‘ways to pay’ video for new part-time students: http://bit.ly/OUways2pay OUways2pay
1. Manage your anger better...
http://ping.fm/e0Pgd
‘The most productive years of your life can be from 65 to 95’. Joseph Murphy is JM, PMA
Looking for happiness outside yourself is meaningless - like expecting to become fit by watching others exercise. happiness wisdom
Surviving childhood trauma in Ireland: http://ping.fm/gnUI6
"It is painful to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." Theodore Roosevelt quote
How to Create, Build or Restore a Successful Marriage or Couple Relationship
http://ping.fm/14MY2
Courage without conscience is a wild beast. RG Ingersoll quote
Telephone Counselling
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Honour has not to be won: it must only not be lost. Schopenhauer quote
Manage your anger better...with anger Management Coaching and Counselling. http://ping.fm/5PTIL
16 videos on counselling and therapy
http://ping.fm/jG2wD
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Seneca,
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/s4xH6
The six main coaching, counselling and therapy services http://ping.fm/uebT4
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain quotation
Additional limitations of the ABCs of REBT. http://ping.fm/0nEeR
Buddha-babble blocks the Way. Ikkyu
ABC Coaching and Counselling Services in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK http://ping.fm/aOsko
OU launches ‘ways to pay’ video for new part-time students: http://bit.ly/OUways2pay OUways2pay
Disease is a consolidated mental attitude, and it is only necessary to treat the mind and the disease will disappear. Dr Bach quote

Thursday 21 June 2012

Improve your self confidence, and feel better about yourself... http://ping.fm/eO4Zm
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber
Counselling for Health (2) - Exercise is good for your body, brain and general health. http://ping.fm/COhJG
Counselling and Therapy in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire
http://ping.fm/za12c
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. RL Stevenson quotations
Reduce your stress level... http://ping.fm/2eb1s
The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud. wise words
Telephone counselling – UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, etc, and for English speakers everywhere: http://ping.fm/8lSB6
The truth is to be lived, not mouthed. Zen quote
Counselling for Health (1): Chronic Pain - How Tim Parks' journey can help us to heal. http://ping.fm/wigjO
video on ‘How to build a successful marriage or couple relationship’ http://ping.fm/YwLJe
What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful. Dali Lama quote
The happiness blog discusses love, loss and grief management: http://ping.fm/2OO0m
Equality is better for EVERYBODY! nem equalitytrust http://ping.fm/5mlIy
Every day is a new life to a wise person. philosophy psychology zen buddhism
Learn to be quiet in the midst of turmoil, for quietness is the end of strife… CIM quotations
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope. Epictetus quote
CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/32pb8
What is Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy (CENT)?
http://ping.fm/NgkfE
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Virginia Woolf quote
What is the CENT approach to Narrative Therapy? http://ping.fm/RKcJD
ABC Coaching and Counselling Services in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK http://ping.fm/n24kX
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/0ixYW
Get over your depression and extreme sadness... http://ping.fm/v3TZk
The wisest among us often have the least to say. wisdom quotes
The psychology and philosophy of happiness. http://ping.fm/XWdL3
Waht is Cognitive emotive narrative therapy? http://ping.fm/kOqyw
What is Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (#REBT)?
http://ping.fm/zeBPE
Don’t search for truth. Just stop having opinions. Seng-t’san zen quote
Crown of Thorns - A Memoir of Childhood in Ireland by Daniel O'Beeve. http://ping.fm/uU6Uy
Completing your experience of difficult events, perceptions, and painful emotions. http://ping.fm/B5Q8J
Couples Therapy and Marriage Guidance http://ping.fm/yNJUr
Make each day your masterpiece. John Wooden quotations

Wednesday 20 June 2012

The return of the CSE is an anti working class counter revolution. Bullingdon boys are winning!
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Epicurus, ancient Greek philosopher
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/fbXkw
Think your way to happiness
http://ping.fm/IGE9j
Patience is the companion of wisdom. St Augustine of Hippo quote
The parting of the ways: An open letter to Dr Albert Ellis: fourth anniversary of his death. http://ping.fm/SE8DE
Reduce social anxiety; performance anxiety; interview anxiety; exam anxiety, etc http://ping.fm/vX6vn
Do something today to improve someone else’s life. love quotes
Counselling and therapy in Halifax, West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/v7Nva
Seven counselling specialisms
http://ping.fm/D1QWv
Thru silence we become aware of our pain – in our minds and in our bodies. Silence allows us to see it, face it, release it. #G Norris
The Theoretical Grounding of CENT Counselling. http://ping.fm/GoH66
Manage your anger better... http://ping.fm/XJTm1
"The great (wo)man is one who never loses his or her child’s heart." Mencius Chinese Philosopher
Understanding Anger in Yourself and Other People: What the experts say. http://ping.fm/1uQFT
Current copy of the ABC Newsletter... counselling and therapy http://ping.fm/dKNHw
What we think, we become. wisdom and wealth quotes

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Counselling and psychotherapy in Manchester, UK: http://ping.fm/DxUpH
CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/G2ehC
The Story of Relationship: Or coming to terms with my mother (and father). http://ping.fm/DOm0x
"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." Voltaire
Video on Anger Management: http://ping.fm/PaqOT
Telephone Counselling
http://ping.fm/OJGvl
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/qNPVi
Counsellor offers narrative therapy in Leeds, West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/f0nAU
The "#Individual" and his/her Social Relationships - The CENT Perspective. http://ping.fm/RtUNQ
My success evolved from working hard on the business at hand, every day. Johnny Carson
More info on 'What is Counselling?': http://ping.fm/AYhDi eric berne william glasser, transactional analysis, TA
Crown of Thorns - A Memoir of Childhood in Ireland by Daniel O'Beeve. http://ping.fm/1wM3g
Some questions and answers about Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy, and its creator. http://ping.fm/M13oP
Life is like playing a violin solo in public, and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler quote
16 videos on counselling and therapy
http://ping.fm/cKRfX
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/QMDWM
The Theoretical Grounding of CENT Counselling. http://ping.fm/1oOuv
With every disappointment, learn the very most from it. Then put it behind you and press on. Brian Tracy
The six main coaching, counselling and therapy services http://ping.fm/kf0UF
The status of autobiographical narratives and stories: Human non conscious functioning. http://ping.fm/0Y5Ij
The obstacle is the path. zen quote
ABC Coaching and Counselling Services in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK http://ping.fm/ks0Gx
Improve your self confidence and self esteem: confidence coaching & counselling support. http://ping.fm/xbfBj
Learning: The great lessons of life come as the result of setbacks and temporary defeats, which we do our utmost to avoid. Brian Tracy
The happiness blog is updated: stoic philosophy, love and loss: http://ping.fm/61ItF

Sunday 17 June 2012

Stoic philosophy and coping with#grief: http://ping.fm/uZeLB
CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/Y7PZY
Stress and anxiety diet: http://ping.fm/zs5pT
Unsolicited Counselling Client Testimonials:
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Accreditation and Ethics codes for Dr Jim Byrne
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Remove the internal, emotional hooks that attract you to painful situations.
It is impossible for us to evolve, grow and develop to our full potential unless we face adversity and learn from it. Brian Tracy
A journey through models of mind. The story of my personal origins. Narrative self-therapy: http://ping.fm/CaUvE
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Goethe quotations
Confidence Coaching
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Trying to solve problems without any models to help you, is like working in the dark, and wondering why it’s so slow and inefficient. RTB
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/tBXo0
An introduction to the Six Windows Model of CENT. http://ping.fm/pcZ4L
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” wisdom reading and writing
The Institute for CENT counselling and therapy
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Couples who do not have the relationship skills to handle their inevitable conflicts, fairly and kindly, won’t last long together. RTB
Reduce your stress level... with stress management coaching and counselling services. http://ping.fm/AmeCk
We Indian people don't say, this land is mine. We only use it. The white man 'buys nature' and puts a fence around it. Buffalo Tiger
The happiness blog, on love, grief, depression and stoicism, is up and running: http://ping.fm/66Zo7
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and to Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/2xWRi
Seek to understand your mistakes so that you may never repeat them. Wisdom quotes
Guidelines for Writing Therapy
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How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/TFJx6
Counselling and psychotherapy in Manchester, UK: http://ping.fm/KB9y5
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas A. Kempis quote
sickness is the means by which an organism frees itself of foreign matter: one must just be sick .. be patient as a sick person. Rilke
How to meditate - A brief introduction to meditation
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The Theoretical Grounding of CENT Counselling. http://ping.fm/Fp7Ic
Compassion: If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama
One page counselling solutions for depression...
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What is cognitive emotive narrative therapy (#CENT)? http://ping.fm/09BJ8
Endurance: In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. Camus
The ABCs of REBT applied to Anxiety
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Counselling and therapy in Halifax, West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/hTScC
Love the moment. Each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each is to succeed!
REBT and Research
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Reduce your anxiety and panic;...with counselling and therapy for all forms of anxiety. http://ping.fm/wIMU3

Friday 15 June 2012

Don't b frightened if a huge sadness rises up before you. For life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand. Rilke
The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao Tzu
Live in a way that leaves no regrets. Wisdom quotes
Counselling and therapy all over the world...
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Anger Management Coaching and Counselling
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Specialist Counselling Services
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CENT: How to apply Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy in Counselling and Self-help. http://ping.fm/C8Z6z
Know that (in emotional healing) the pain will pass and, when it does, you will be stronger, happier, more sensitive and aware. Melba Cosgrove
Information Pack regarding face-to-face counselling services...
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Counselling in Hebden Bridge. West Yorkshire: http://ping.fm/ekjUU
Bond and Dryden (#1996): how to scientifically validate the central hypotheses of REBT. http://ping.fm/hjpqb
Manage your anger better...with anger Management Coaching and Counselling. http://ping.fm/qnSLt
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama quotes http://ping.fm/Jy0VU
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/ahqEb
S/He who makes a success of living is the 1 who seeks his/her goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly – that is dedication. DeMille
What my counselling and therapy clients gain
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Additional limitations of the ABCs of REBT. http://ping.fm/hitRX
S/He who permits him/her-self to tell a lie once finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual
Long-#Distance Counselling Service
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ABC Coaching and Counselling Services in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK http://ping.fm/1NOFw

Thursday 14 June 2012

Crown of Thorns - A Memoir of Childhood in Ireland by Daniel O'Beeve. http://ping.fm/RPnqg
Crown of Thorns - A Memoir of Childhood in Ireland by Daniel O'Beeve. http://ping.fm/644aN
Beyond REBT: The case for moving on. http://ping.fm/Mcynl
Stress Management Coaching and counselling
http://ping.fm/cXOmc
Play and creativity: My work is a game, a very serious game. M. C. Escher
Telephone counselling – UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, etc, and for English speakers everywhere: http://ping.fm/v0qWe
Supervision services for counsellors, psychotherapists and counselling/therapy students: http://ping.fm/CGqPz
Couples Therapy and Marriage Guidance
http://ping.fm/e6NTH
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand better. Einstein
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/pkJtX
Rethinking the psychological models underpinning Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (#REBT). http://ping.fm/vkVuJ
Zen Buddhist
ideas used in CENT counselling
http://ping.fm/LP22M
Creating Joy: How to be much happier, right now! An e-book on happiness by Dr Jim Byrne: http://ping.fm/l1prv
Maintain your composure under any circumstance. serenity calm happiness

Wednesday 13 June 2012

What my counselling and therapy clients gain
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Misunderstandings about the simple A>B>C model in REBT http://ping.fm/7cwYy ct cbt rebt
The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places. Hemingway
Books on happiness, anxiety, stress, counselling: http://ping.fm/zB884
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, kind by kind acts, brave by doing brave acts
Coaching for personal and professional success: http://ping.fm/GlqyH
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Churchill quote
The psychology of success: http://ping.fm/CqAik
A wealth of resources on counselling and psychotherapy: http://ping.fm/8qavJ counseling psychology coaching
Long-#Distance Counselling Service
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Stoic Philosophy for Counsellors
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Many times, the best way to fight is not to fight at all. TG
Zen Buddhist
ideas used in CENT counselling
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for (wo)men to see by.
General Counselling Service
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Remember your debts of gratitude. TG
Developing bravery and courage: http://ping.fm/d04AB
The CENT Stress Book -#stress management
http://ping.fm/T1VzE
Happiness and stoic philosophy: http://ping.fm/AEbtL
Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. Denis Waitley
Coaching for success: http://ping.fm/tZRxj

Monday 11 June 2012

The second (popular) #e-book on Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy
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Understanding anger in yourself and other people...
http://ping.fm/1xbzK
Enlightenment is beyond concepts. No one has ever attained it. Ying-an zen quote
I-CENT Publications: articles, papers and #e-books
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Serenity is the secret of beauty and the real substance of all art. Herman Hess
Current copy of the ABC Counselling Newsletter...
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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson
Counselling processes need the support of Attachment theory...
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The experience (of enlightenment) is not the goal of Zen endeavour, for the will to achieve defeats itself. Christmas Humphries
Email Counselling
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Strive to learn from noble people. TG
Narrative Therapy & Writing Therapeutic Narratives
http://ping.fm/tz63h
A (wo)man’s wealth...is the good that s/he does in this world to his or her fellows. Mohammad
The CENT Books page: publishing counselling related books
http://ping.fm/ab5sX
Zen is understanding that the separate self is an illusion.
Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow. Sappho
The six main Counselling and Therapy services*
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About Dr Albert Ellis - Creator of REBT Counseling
http://ping.fm/0n94M
Delusion is not being aware of your fundamental mind. Enlightenment is realizing your fundamental essence. Mazu
Books on anxiety, stress, happiness, counseling: http://ping.fm/u4bLc
About Dr Jim Byrne, Doctor of Counselling
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Just as we cannot see our own faces without looking into a mirror, we cannot know ourselves without looking at our relationships.
Serenity is neither frivolity nor complacency. It is the highest knowledge of love. Hermann Hess
How Can Counselling Help?
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Of all strategies, to know when to quit may be the best. Chinese proverb
What is Transactional Analysis (#TA), and how is it used in CENT?
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Genuine joy grows not from contemplation, not from riches and not from fame, but from work that has its own inner value. Wilfred Grenfel

Sunday 10 June 2012

Books on happiness, stress, anxiety and counselling: http://ping.fm/xxCzy
Telephone Counselling
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16 Videos on counselling and therapy
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Counselling and Therapy in London, Leeds and Manchester
http://ping.fm/cqflO
Let go of anger – it is an acid that burns away the delicate layers of your happiness.
Counselling and Therapy in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire
http://ping.fm/jjpM5
Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. Ovid
What is Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy (#CENT)?
http://ping.fm/4X4SC
In the book of life every page has 2 sides: one is filled with our plans, goals and wishes, but providence writes on the other Nisami
Debating and disputing irrational beliefs in REBT http://ping.fm/zEqno
What is Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (#REBT)?
http://ping.fm/Tk19T
Everything that happens and everything that befalls us has a meaning, but it is often difficult to recognize it. Nisami
Think your way to happiness and wellbeing http://ping.fm/hQgSr
Do not blindly believe what others say, .... See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path ... Kornfield
Seven counselling specialisms
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What is Counselling?

http://ping.fm/2o22m
The single most important quality for success is self-discipline. Brian Tracy
ABC Coaching & Counselling Services, by Telephone and Face-#to-Face. http://ping.fm/sMkP7
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge
E-books on happiness, anxiety, stress, and counselling: http://ping.fm/bgG7o
The happiness counseling blog is updated: stoic philosophy video: http://ping.fm/3KWXv

Saturday 9 June 2012

The happiness blog is up and running: hedonic adaptation, stoicism, couples, visualization: http://ping.fm/Lsujd

Tuesday 5 June 2012

Never let life’s hardships disturb you. After all, no one can avoid problems, not even saints and sages. Nichiren quotes
Free CENT Paper No.21: Healing the so-called ‘father wound’ – using supported writing therapy: http://ping.fm/0TOcx

Monday 4 June 2012

The 'What is REBT?' page is updated: video demonstration and new text: http://ping.fm/ih442
The happiness blog is amended: appropriate and inappropriate anger: http://ping.fm/21Rux
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built: Virtuous living.

Sunday 3 June 2012

The counselling research page is updated: http://ping.fm/JVVz2
Shrinking the bad wolf in self: "...in a word we should watch ouselves as if we were an enemy and lying in ambush". Epictetus quotes
A comprehensive #e-book on how to reduce and control your stress level http://ping.fm/pHOFQ
New counselling videos: http://ping.fm/tnFyl
The greatest evil one has to fight constantly every minute of the day, until one dies, is the worse part of oneself. Patrick McGoohan
The happiness blog is updated: love, intimacy, commitment, boundaries, Stoic philosophy: http://ping.fm/ixoRO

Saturday 2 June 2012

Couples therapy information: http://ping.fm/gINRk
How to build a happy marriage: http://ping.fm/tsqfZ
The home of CENT: http://ping.fm/9gGos
Accepting and learning from our problems http://ping.fm/l7CNo
16 videos on counselling and therapy http://ping.fm/CS2aW
It is not the presence of problems but how we tackle them that determines the quality of our lives. TG
Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy #e-books; cent http://ping.fm/bMjQF
Parents can only give kids advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
The happiness blog: couple relationships, stoicism and anger; boundaries and intimacy: http://ping.fm/yZUFB

Tuesday 29 May 2012

The "What is Counselling?" page has been updated with new videos and books: http://ping.fm/hZTTn
There never has been, nor will there ever be, a life free from problems! TG
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/DZeSY
CENT Paper No.2(b): Justice and Fairness in REBT and CENT http://ping.fm/E7Vld
The choices we make in thought, word, and deed inevitably return to us in kind. law of karma
Lasting goodness works at the pace of a snail. TG
Telephone counselling – UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, etc, and for English speakers everywhere: http://ping.fm/Zq9Gg
CENT Paper No.10: The Story of Relationship
http://ping.fm/uggQ7
You never know what’s going to happen yesterday. Jack Lynch, history teacher
Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy #e-books; cent http://ping.fm/6m8Fs
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/NlwZf
Rethinking the psychological models underpinning Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (#REBT). http://ping.fm/GpK4y
The Law of Attraction – loa - http://ping.fm/Wz36Z
Become a master of words. TG
Creating Joy: How to be much happier, right now! An e-book on happiness by Dr Jim Byrne: http://ping.fm/4MRuX
CENT Paper No.3: An Introduction to the Windows Model - frames and framing: http://ping.fm/eLWw2
The Happiness Blog reviews serious books on happiness, attachment, stoicism, etc. : http://ping.fm/jr47f

Monday 28 May 2012

To become happier, do not try to reform your outer life. Reform your inner life to be happy.
Helpful books on counselling and self help, anxiety, stress, happiness, counseling: http://ping.fm/BvYmW
To change our lives, we must first change our minds. TG
Have you seen the new, free paper on email counseling and surviving a failed marriage? http://ping.fm/r3IjU
With every experience, you alone (and your internalized environment) are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
The counselling research page is updated - spitzer and homosexual counseling: http://ping.fm/QThq1
Be concerned more with how you live than with how long you live. TG
A wealth of resources on counselling and psychotherapy: http://ping.fm/8qavJ counseling psychology coaching
The happiness blog - on boundaries in relationships - is updated: http://ping.fm/WsP5x

Sunday 27 May 2012

The happiness blog is up and running: boundaries in relationships are necessary: http://ping.fm/87S2V

Thursday 24 May 2012

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. Denis Waitley
Rethinking the psychological models underpinning Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (#REBT). http://ping.fm/DOM1w
The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there? Kornfield
How to Control Your Anxiety: A rational approach using REBT / CBT. http://ping.fm/hgTks
Remember your debts of gratitude. TG
Supervision services for counsellors, psychotherapists and counselling/therapy students: http://ping.fm/8hjfO
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Napoleon Hill quote
The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for (wo)men to see by.
Everything abides by the law of cause and effect. TG
Creating Joy: How to be much happier, right now! An e-book on happiness by Dr Jim Byrne: http://ping.fm/Lo7RL

Monday 21 May 2012

You will fail in life, but to get over your failures makes you stronger in your future
Cognitive Emotive Narrative Therapy #e-books; cent http://ping.fm/RU1qu
How to Reduce and Control Your Stress Level, and Have a Happier Life: The CENT approach. http://ping.fm/n115F
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Bertrand Russell
The happiness blog on couples and communication is updated with images and books, #e-books: http://ping.fm/SmynZ