A Year to Change Your Mind: Ideas from the Therapy Room to Help You Live Better

by Lucy Maddox

It’s easy for someone’s world to shrink right down when they are trying to keep themselves safe from disappointment and despair.

The more we avoid the things we’re scared of the less chance we have to disprove our worst fears.

‘When people are listened to sensitively, they tend to listen to themselves with more care and to make clear exactly what they are feeling and thinking.’

When young people I’ve worked with are referred for ‘anger management’ it’s usually because an adult in their lives is finding their anger a problem, rather than the young person themselves.