In person-centred therapy (PCT), there’s a quiet but radical belief: that every person has an innate tendency to grow, heal, and become more fully themselves. Carl Rogers, the founder of this approach, called it the actualising tendency—a natural impulse toward development, expression, and integration. But what does that have to do with art? Whether you’reContinueContinue reading “The Art of Becoming: Person-Centred Therapy and Creativity”
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On The Exile Archetype and the Impact of Bullying and Marginalisation on Autistic People: A Jungian Adventure
The experience of being bullied and excluded is, tragically, all too common for autistic people. These painful encounters often leave lasting psychological scars, shaping how a person views themselves and interacts with the world. While I am not a Jungian, I am Jung-curious and am increasingly finding his work showing up in my thinking andContinueContinue reading “On The Exile Archetype and the Impact of Bullying and Marginalisation on Autistic People: A Jungian Adventure”
Journalling for Anxiety
In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself. Susan Sontag I am new to journalling. I started this past March just before the lockdown. I see the irony of being new⏤given I teach groups and facilitate clients to write reflectively and constantly extolContinueContinue reading “Journalling for Anxiety”
Dr Stephanie Aspin 