Caz Binstead - “More Connection, More Reflection”
@cazbinny
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Therapist 🙏. Founder & Co-Lead at #TraineeTalk #TherapistsConnect . Writer; Facil.; Relational Activist. Private practice toolkit (BACP); Book coming soon! 📕
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Really happy to announce this 👍😃
Aimed at psychotherapists/counsellors (me), & counselling psychologists (co-author
@DrSarantakis
), we’re hoping this will be the ‘go to’ text for private practice!
Thanks to
@routledgebooks
@routledgemh
#TherapistsConnect
#WritingCommunity
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Put more money into mental health. The end.
Love, a therapist.
Who else is with me too? 🙏
#mentalhealth
#MentalHealthAwareness
#MentalHealthMatters
#depression
#anxiety
#health
#therapy
#counselling
#psychotherapy
#beds
#youngpeople
#adults
#children
#TherapistsConnect
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I saw a tweet the other day, that could only have been about me. I was being made fun of.
Momentarily, it felt like being back at school. but then it passed. As an artist & relational activist, I won’t stop posting photos of trees (here also, with a sunset), or, campaigning.
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This is a bit of a heartfelt message,hope it can be heard.
I’m Caz,I’m a
@BACP
Private Practice Exec,I co-run
#TherapistsConnect
,&work a busy practice. And.... I’m a human being 🙏
(Pls RT)
Reflections on Mental Health Provision in the UK via
@YouTube
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I’m a relational,integrative therapist,&super proud to be one.I have 12 years clinical experience,& get this - 7070 client hours 😃☺️ .
Every week, I shut the door to my consulting room&sit with clients. This is therapy on the ground - this is what matters 🙏
#TherapistsConnect
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@HLeeHurley
This is what people fail to get. You can’t say you stand for something, or pretend to be sad when someone is hurt, if the way you behave in your everyday life is a catalyst of that very same hate.
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Opens emails..... immediately shuts emails.
Goes back to working as a therapist in a pandemic.
Who else is feeling this?!
#SCoPEd
#TherapistsConnect
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Integrative therapists…… behold, the bible! ✨
Anyone else reading anything interesting today?
#TherapistsConnect
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This is my HOLIDAY smile 😃🙏
#TherapistsConnect
, I’m having a well-deserved 3 week break. Hope other private practitioners out there are taking whatever time off that they need. Here’s to the amazing&important work we do as therapists 👍🎉
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@JuliaHB1
Because they’re going to grow up in a world full of LGBTQ+ people - it’s a celebration of the diversity and acceptance of people. Also because one day, when 1 of those kids realises they are gay, they’ll look back & remember that day, and it will prob help them accept themselves.
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I haven’t seen my mum since the Autumn, and she’s here! She was nervous about coming up, but made it 🙏 . Happy 😊🥰
Wishing
#TherapistsConnect
a nice weekend, enjoy the sun!
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I’m sorry I just couldn’t resist retweeting this. Love from a serious therapist.
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Morning all, I’m project lead at the
@BACP
Private Practice Divisional Committee. If you’re in PP, new to PP, or a student wishing to enter into PP, do keep connected, as I am working with membership on and exciting new project 🙌
#TherapistsConnect
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Very important question
#TherapistsConnect
- I’m 40 and I still love opening conkers, and searching for shiny new ones on the ground. That’s okay isn’t it?! 😃
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Many years ago, I trained as a therapist(in 2 modalities),because it had changed my own life at a time of great need.The sense of peace&artistry when someone truly cares via the magic of the therapeutic relationship can NEVER be represented in columns.
#SCoPEd
#TherapistsConnect
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Psychotherapy is an art. It weaves together the life&existence of a person (with all their pain,&more),with musings,theory,reflective expression,on what it means to be human.The work is interdisciplinary in nature;relational, &mirrors humanity,in it’s fluidity
#TherapistsConnect
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Today I sat for a long time on Clapham Common, just looking out to the ponds, appreciating the hustle and bustle of nature, just doing its thing.
Today, I am enough, as I am.
#TherapistsConnect
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@rb_mind
Hi Richmond Mind,this really is an unacceptable poster to put out. Promoting an implied idea, that a service users’ experience is somehow enhanced, because a therapist is unpaid - this has absolutely no ethical backing.
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I love my job, and I’ll always remain an ethical and dedicated practitioner. But, I’m truly worried for my profession. Very sad and very worried.
How can therapists be supported,when things above are crumbling?
This isn’t a joke, & clients deserve better.
#TherapistsConnect
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A shortage of paid jobs in our profession, means a big percentage of us work in private practice.And…we have been largely holding the mental health crisis this year. Join us in a space designed for mutual support and connection between private practitioners.
#TherapistsConnect
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No big deal.... just a small email exchange with Ivin Yalom. The end.
(I make no apologies for being an uncool geek)
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Today is a mixed day. But here I am in my consulting room for the first time since lockdown carrying out a risk assessment. Remembering why I love my job, and feeling grateful for this wonderful chair that ‘supports’ and holds me in all my work (well when I’m here anyway...)
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Curiosity and openness is not just a ‘learnt skill’ for the therapy room, but a way of being. Infusing the room; the relationship; the work; with a non judgemental reflective stance, creates the conditions of freedom, for people to express, and explore themselves.
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So… those of you who have known me for a few years on here, will know that I *had* a favourite tree👇😳😱 . I’ve loved this tree for so long,&photographed it probably over 100 times, as it changed through the seasons. As with everything,there’s always an end.
Thank you tree 🙏
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You can have the best education,years of experience,the most brilliant, supportive supervisors,but your greatest source of learning is sitting right in front of you,in your room. Listen to your clients in every which way;they will give you wisdom above all else
#TherapistsConnect
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Had
@BACP
email saying I’m Column A in
#SCoPEd
.I’m a counsellor/psychotherapist & supervisor;11 yrs in PP;BACP accred training, + ; contributor to therapy literature inc.BACP’s own private practice toolkit&forthcoming book. Active in profession
#notmyframework
#TherapistsConnect
Had
@bacp
email saying I’m Column A in
#SCoPEd
. I’m a counsellor/psychotherapist & supervisor in p/practice with post-grad, uni-based & BACP accred training; 24 years experience (20 running services in FE); contributor to therapy literature & active in profession.
#notmyframework
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Ladies and gentlemen (and everyone in-between), Covid has come for a visit 😩
I’m bored at home, so attempted a smiley photo to cheer myself up, but I’m so tired, photo 2 is actually the correct representation.
Send well wishes and soup my way! 🍲
#TherapistsConnect
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I became a therapist because I believed in the power of healing through relationship. Learning how to be in relationship; learning how to honour yourself whilst in community; learning how to be, outside of ego. And I still believe in that - both inside and outside the room 🌟 🙏
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@ML_Philosophy
That being innocent&naive,and believing in the general good of humanity(not withstanding general human infallibility/mistakes etc),is a two sided coin. Perhaps some people view it as a good quality, but in this harsh world, unfortunately, you can sometimes get swallowed up whole.
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As a therapist who follows
@DrJessTaylor
,I have over recent days seen the level of some of this disgusting abuse (prior to her being hacked). Frankly,I am flabbergasted.
I hope this is treated as what it is-misogynistic & homophobic aggravated crime.
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Today I lit candles in my new room, & it felt like I’d been here forever. I was in the last place for 9 years and perhaps imagined that I’d never leave, & yet the impact of this change is truly profound.
Feeling inspired, rejuvenated & thankful for my life 🙏
#TherapistsConnect
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Finally.....BACP has a contract template😊👍🙌 - have pushed for this for a long time (along with other therapist members of the division). Really happy to be the co-author.
Nb this one is specific to private practice, but generic one also coming soon.
#TherapistsConnect
A quick guide to...contract discussions by
@cazbinny
and David Lloyd-Brown. A simple contracting template to support you through key steps and covers topics such as ways of working, policies, confidentiality and record keeping🗒️
👉
#PPToolkit
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Ahhh, giving me the feels reading this. All so true 💕🙏
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Hi Richmond Mind,this really is an unacceptable poster to put out. Promoting an implied idea, that a service users’ experience is somehow enhanced, because a therapist is unpaid - this has absolutely no ethical backing.
@BACP
@ncs_counselling
@UKCP_Updates
#TherapistsConnect
We would like to say a big Thank You to all our wonderful Volunteer Counsellors!
“Knowing that therapists are unpaid and are there because they want to help makes a huge difference to service users’ experience."
Marisca, RB Mind Psychotherapy and Counselling Coordinator
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‘Every person must choose how much truth he can stand’
Who else loves Yalom?!
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Yesterday was a treat - I timed it right to capture the singing hour of the wild parakeets.They fly from park to park in South London&are particularly chirpy in the twilight hours,before they settle down to sleep.I’ve attached a still here,plus a video. Enjoy!
#TherapistsConnect
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Just a reminder for me (if anyone is around on twitter today) - who in the community, works solely in private practice I.e full time as main/only job?
#TherapistsConnect
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Hey all, please see below - a little regular discussion thread Peter
@drpeterblundell
and I have been working on. Inviting all students of counselling/psychotherapy to join in this Monday at 2pm
#students
#traineetalk
#therapistsconnect
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I sense I have created the perfect (cough.. ‘good enough’ 😅 ) biscuit tin. Private practitioner self-care in action! 👍
#TherapistsConnect
#TraineeTalk
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I feel so unbelievably lucky to be doing this work. It’s been many years,but every time I’m sitting in my consulting room just being with other human being,I can’t get my head around how real it is,how humbling it is…Strip away everything else-this is the work
#TherapistsConnect
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Last photos taken of me in my thirties. ‘Owning’ the Ritz as you do 😂 (posing being just one of the skills I have learnt over my forty years).
Things are a bit rubbish,but let’s not let this one go - happy birthday to me!
I’m looking out for that planet alignment later too....
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Wow,take a deep breath&read this
#TherapistsConnect
👇
"..unnecessarily hierachical and..inheretly discriminatory"
Departing
@BACP
deputy chair claims he was given no opportunity in 2 years as a trustee,to work on
#SCoPEd
(what he was elected on/we hoped our board were doing).
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Do we still do this? I think so… after a year like this, you have to celebrate the small right?! Just had my second, and am fully vaccinated 😊🙏
Ps that is my hand (it looks kinda weird and separate 🤣 )
#TherapistsConnect
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I was sitting in Borough Market today,&this little friend just came&sat beside me,singing-prob for about 5 mins!As a big fan of birds (+photography of),¬ seeing Starlings that often these days,this was such a treat.Summed up what has been a fantastic day😊🙏
#TherapistsConnect
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So proud to be co-lead of
#TherapistsConnect
,&of
what we have achieved with this community,in 2 years!
CONNECTION | CONVERSATION | COMMUNICATION | CREATIVITY | CAMPAIGNING | COLLABORATION
A relational platform,believing in compassion&respect to all human beings
🙏 COMMUNITY🙏
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Never play down your intuition in the counselling room.If used sensitively,it can be a great gift to the work. Be unafraid to live in the unknown with your clients,&explore deeply&creatively with all your faculties;forever keeping your awareness&curiosity alive
#TherapistsConnect
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That’s it!I’m officially on holiday…😊👍 .I absolutely love my client work,but like everyone,I’m welcoming the needed rest&a break. So,the next 3 weeks will be self-care - a lot of cooking,reading,walking,playing board games &….sleeping 😅
How about you?
#TherapistsConnect
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Even the messy, imperfect photo can still be pretty cool! 😍🌚
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Back to messy hair days…. all must be right with my world!! I am Covid free, and so very happy to be in my consulting room, working with clients. A bit of lunch out, for my ‘in-between’ today.
Happy Wednesday, fellow private practitioners 😊👍🙏
#TherapistsConnect
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I’m thinking today of all the clients (generally in therapy),who work hard to make their own lives better, happier, healthier.Some,despite ongoing chaos, addictions,trauma,difficulties,in their families of origin.If you’re that person, I see you & I’m with you.
#TherapistsConnect
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I want to take a moment to give a shout-out to Supervisors 👍👏. Today,I saw the one I have been with since the day I qualified(I currently have 2, plus peer group)..we know each other so well&she has held&supported me amazingly through my work&also life - just 🙏
#feelingblessed
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Happy Winter Solstice, and happy birthday to me. The birds of the seaside, dancing to the new light.
#WinterSolstice
#WinterSolstice2021
#BirthdayWishes
#Seaside
#SouthCoast
#TherapistsConnect
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Happy birthday to the
#TherapistsConnect
community 🎈🎂
Thank you so much for 4 years of support, sharing, conversation, creativity and fun.And just think…. we’ve actually survived Twitter/X all this time - that in itself is an achievement! 😂
Much love all, Caz
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Today, for the first time,I got to see the Covid memorial wall, which runs from St. Thomas’ hospital by Westminster Bridge, for a huge stretch along the river bank. Completely moved. So many lives lost, and changed,by this pandemic.Let us not forget - human beings lives matter.
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1/ I’ve decided to walk away from any activism concerning membership bodies. It is clear that so many of these MBs will not (or do not know how to), properly listen,& too much of my life has already been affected by it.I want to move forward positively,giving my energy&dedication
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Isn’t it funny how therapists spend their lives working with clients on their self-worth - talking about boundaries, & owning, their attributes, characteristics & skills. But in our profession, we are scrabbling about trying to convince MBs of our worth
#SCoPEd
#TherapistsConnect
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Hey all, I’m going to be having some time off social media and TC, for at least a week. If anyone needs anything
#TherapistsConnect
wise, please speak with Peter
@drpeterblundell
, and/or email our account: info
@therapists
-connect.com . See you soon, and take care folks 🙏
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The first draft is in!! 🎉 🙌.The work I’ve put in has been the culmination of years of research,expertise,writing (&donation of free time)on the subject of private practice.I think is a nice ending…So many feelings, but hey, it’s Sat morning&I’m celebrating!
#TherapistsConnect
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If someone told you that toxic work culture - where you are expected to be ‘on it’ non-stop, and doesn’t give you space for your own needs as a human being, your health, or your self-worth, is the norm….. someone lied.
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I just adore this photo that I took today 💙
#photographer
#photography
#TherapistsConnect
#photographylovers
#PhotographyIsArt
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This consulting room was made for…….
my clients. However they wish to use it; however they view it; whatever it needs to be for them.
(And also, for just a *little bit* of music in my breaks in-between)
Wishing
#TherapistsConnect
a good week in practice.
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After a tough week, it was so nice to have the lovely Bill
@goingtruenorth
come over to see me. We talked and talked about so much stuff over lunch, tea, and cake/pudding 🧁😃 , before ending with a relaxing walk on the Common.
Beautiful time 😊🙏
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Who is else here is looking forward to the day when twitter/our community is swamped with us all on posting photos of us hugging our nearest and dearest. I can’t wait for that day.
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I’m proud to have lent my expertise to writing a number of these guides,+,as private practice divisional lead,to have drawn up the priority list of things to cover-we have some great experts in the field involved in the project🙏 . Here’s some…more to come👍!
#TherapistsConnect
📣In partnership with the Private Practice division, we've created new toolkit resources to support you in setting up, managing, developing, and working in private practice🙌
Find out more here 🔗
View the latest resources below👇
#PPToolkit
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Day 11, and
#TherapistsConnect
, I am finally officially, Covid free! Still lots of rest and recovery to be had. What an experience 😳
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Isn’t it true folks,isn’t it true?!
Proper connection,seeing others, respect,integrity,compassion are all so important, as we live together in this interconnected world🌎💚🙏 . Words with BIG meaning,&easily overlooked. Keep at it folks✌️😊
#followbackfriday
#TherapistsConnect
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Okay, there are a few things that form a kind of ‘therapy’, for me, & playing music has historically been part of that. I’ve been pretty disconnected from it more recently (aside from playing 1 of my acoustics a little). SO… they are dusted&tuned, which one shall I start with?!
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The things that matter most in life.
❤️💕❤️
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Ain’t that true!
“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit”
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I welcomed this new day,by meeting a dear friend. We walked & sat in the sunshine, & just talked and talked and talked.We talked about the importance of honouring space and happiness for ourselves, esp as helpers.
Don’t try & do it alone folks, friends matter
#TherapistsConnect
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At times, hope fades, and darkness can loom. But look - you’re here; you’re standing; you’re breathing, and the world still turns, in all its beauty. Be still… give the flickering light inside, the time and care it needs to re-ignite
❤️🙏
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Me &
@Rima_Sidhpara
both wore these t-shirts a couple of years ago,on 2 different
#TherapistsConnect
#SCoPEd
debates.Wearing today with pride. You know what there is NO debate on, that - ‘equality is the best therapy’.For
#clients
and
#therapists
Retweet pls! 👍
@PsychangeCymru
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Hey folks 😴🥱!! It’s a very busy client day today,so wont have time for an in-between photo,but here we are…. this is my ‘before’.The lesser spotted ‘morning me’-happy with the books 📚 .Wishing all my fellow private practitioners a good day👍
#TherapistsConnect
#TraineeTalk
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We have a cover 😍 ! This isn’t released until later this year, but is available to pre-order on Amazon (& also in WHSmith’s already I see)!
Thanks to early reviewers
@Dturner300
@mrs_seabrook
@UttingSimon
&
@jeanine_connor
#TherapistsConnect
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@drpeterblundell
Great idea
@drpeterblundell
👍 . Hi all, I’m Caz - an Integrative, and, Mindulness Therapist. I run a full Private Practice in London, mostly with working with ‘Anxiety’, self-esteem issues, and Bereavement. I am also currently,a Supervisor+an Executive on the BACP PP division.
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This is me - Caz.Not Caz, ‘TC co-lead’;not Caz visualised&created a project w/BACP;not Caz,helps others with their causes;not Caz,”rebel” against SCoPEd, but Caz, the individual - intelligent,passionate,sensitive, clumsy,vulnerable, & ,strong person. Breathe, it’s just me✊🙏💪❤️
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I’ve just had this novel idea… how about we put money into mental health? Anyone with me?! 🤔
#TherapistsConnect
#mentalhealth
#mentalhealthfunding
#mentalhealthprovision
#providingtherapy
#payingcounsellors
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Just had my final supervision session before my holiday. My supervisors aren't on twitter,but putting out to the universe my sincere thanks&appreciation for them.Both have been by my side through thick&thin - professional and personal. Words don't cover it💜🌟🙏
#TherapistsConnect
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At long last! Folks, this is your last chance. And it’s the ONLY chance that you’ll get to share your thoughts/experiences about
#SCoPEd
in a formal way outside of your membership body.
Deadline is the 17th May - let’s go 📣
#TherapistsConnect
#ShareYourExperience
We want to hear your thoughts about how the SCoPEd framework, which is led by six of our Accredited Registers, affects you.
We invite you to share your experience by 17 May by emailing 📧 scoped-sye
@professionalstandards
.org.uk
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Positive campaigning by counsellors has led to the BBC news&the Guardian newspaper changing their wording 👍 .
Helpline work is vital&imp-all power to him&others who do it,but,it is not therapy.Great to see so many of us stand together on this for the respect of our profession 😊
@Nic_Nac_Ola
@guardian
Thank you
@guardian
for changing the wording in your article. It would also be helpful to tell readers how to find a
@prof_standards
registered counsellor if they need to. There are several counselling/psychotherapy accredited registers to look at.
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For the love of our profession; for therapists; for those who work hard in our industry,&for clients,now is the time. We all know the open secret(some of us,for a long time). Let’s stand solidly together,against bullying and reprisal.
Solidarity, folks ✊🤝🙏
#TherapistsConnect
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Here’s one to remember today:
“Sure he was great, but don’t forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did… backwards and in high heels”.
#InternationalWomensDay
#TherapistsConnect
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Where are all the integrative therapists out there? I’ve been reconnecting with, and loving/appreciating, my modality ❤️
#TherapistsConnect
I’m a relational,integrative therapist,&super proud to be one.I have 12 years clinical experience,& get this - 7070 client hours 😃☺️ .
Every week, I shut the door to my consulting room&sit with clients. This is therapy on the ground - this is what matters 🙏
#TherapistsConnect
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Ahh,I just love this painting by Evgeny Lushpin (just one of my many favourites by him).
Not many people on here, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy weekend.
Feeling content - RJ is drawing, and LR is snuggling next to (= BFF)!! The weekend is here 😊🙏
#TherapistsConnect
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NCPS has begun the process of re-joining the MoU (Memorandum Against Conversion Therapy). The voices have been heard ✊ 👏 🙏
#TherapistsConnect
#DoNoHarm
#ethics
#livedexperience
@T_ACTT
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Shout out to all the Private Practitioners today.What a week right?!Hope all have done what’s needed sort things in their practices.And2the UK....therapy continues-google counselling in your area;there are many therapists willing/able to work with u online
#TherapistsConnect
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@eliistender10
Evening all & happy Monday 😊.When I’m relating w/folk in my personal life,I always go back to their intentions-we’re all human,we all make mistakes sometimes,but you know what,it’s a person’s general intentions that matter. Because..being kind&respecting human beings matters 🙏
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Working full time as a therapist in a pandemic isn’t a small thing.Part.when there’s all kinds of feared changes going on in your profession(UK),+a known sense of isolation in private practice.Wondering about people’s experiences..where do you find yourself now?
#TherapistsConnect
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@jeremybrier
Just saw on the news about fights in theatres! I have a theory that the pandemic & lockdowns have impacted us in ways that have not been discussed nearly enough - including, how people interact in social arenas & public group settings. Certainly bizarre and worrying.
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