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Psychotherapy and Counselling in Dalston, Islington, Angel, Haggerston, Hoxton

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Why Do I Self-Sabotage? Understanding Your Inner Critic.

8th August 2019 by Matthew Leave a Comment

Why we self-sabotage and making friends with the inner critic. It’s not unusual to talk to yourself, sometimes known as having inner dialogue, and some people are more aware of this than others. It’s one of the ways the mind processes information and makes decisions. We often have competing desires and mixed feelings about things, […]

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Recovering from Ayahuasca and psychedelics

11th March 2018 by Matthew Leave a Comment

Recovering from Ayahuasca and psychedelics

Plant medicine ceremonies such as Ayahuasca and experimenting with psychedelics can result in distressing after-effects as frightening and challenging memories, thoughts or feelings are brought into consciousness. Often these cannot be worked with, processed and integrated without the help of a guide or counsellor. Ayahuasca, in particular, brings into consciousness that which needs to be worked with […]

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