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Here you will find short informative and psychoeducational blogs curated for you
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Dealing With Exam Stress
The Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate exams can be very stressful for students and for everyone who is rooting for the students...
Cognitive Dissonance
Have you ever met somebody who says one thing and does another? Have you ever spoke with somebody who seemed so firmly rooted in what...
Imposter Syndrome
Do you doubt your abilities and achievements? Do you feel like a fraud? Do you ever feel like you are going to be caught out at work or...
Understanding OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is classified by the World Health Organisation as amongst the top ten disabling illnesses in the...
Toxic Positivity - What is it?
How often have you seen the word toxic and positivity alongside one another? In a world where the narrative of “positivity is key” or...
Problem Focused vs Solution Focused
I have seen quite a lot of people coming into Evolve with certain thought patterns that are focused around issues or things that are...
7 First Session Questions Your Therapist Is Likely To Ask
Are you preparing for your upcoming first session with a new therapist and thinking about what the first session might involve? Or...
It hurt(s)
In a past blog I mentioned some of my favourite phrases to use that apply to CBT and are easy to memorise. When we look to the past, the...
Beating Burnout
Living in a world where technology is a huge part of our day to day lives, it can be easy for the boundaries between work life and...
What is a healthy relationship?
As therapist’s we often see a wide variety of issues and difficulties come to light when clients present in our office. In my time...
Empowering Self
Before diving straight into what self-esteem is and how CBT can help tackle low self-esteem, do any of these statements sound familiar?...
When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough
Do you ever struggle with the idea that if you take a break, your professional career, studies or personal goals might suffer? Are you...
Improving access to psychological therapies
For this blog, I wanted to give an overview of the system in England known as the “Improving access to psychological therapies” or IAPT...
7 WAYS TO DEAL WITH ANGER & FRUSTRATION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Feeling irritated, angry or frustrated during such unpredictable times as these is a lot more common than you may believe - so firstly,...
CBT Techniques – “Defence attorney”
Another important aspect of CBT is examining our thoughts and learning different tricks or techniques to evaluate the thought in terms of...
How do I know when I should see a therapist? 6 signs it’s time to get help.
Often when we think we need help, we can find that we second-guess ourselves and wonder if we really need that help or whether we can...
CBT - Favourite Quotes & Phrases
Through my work as a CBT therapist, there are quite a few sayings/quotes or phrases I will use quite a bit and I thought it would be...
“Better to be safe than sorry” - Safety behaviours - Part #2: What can I do about safety behaviours?
When we look at the hierarchy of needs established by Abraham Maslow, amongst areas which involve elements of basic needs such as food,...
“Playing it safe” - Safety behaviours - Part #1: What are safety behaviours?
“I better double check just to be on the safe side” “I’ll bring this with me just in case something happens” “What if something goes...
Evolve CBT resources part 2
We have now been open for over a year! A lot has happened since we first opened our doors and we have big plans for the coming year when...
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