"One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.  He said "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.  One is Evil.  It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.  The other is Good.  It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith."  The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"  The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed." "


Posts tagged with 'teaching'

How can we make psychotherapy supervision more effective?

8th August 2018

All counsellors & psychotherapists in the UK need to have regular supervision if they want to maintain their professional accreditation. A central reason for this is to support therapists in being as helpful as possible for their clients. Unfortunately current approaches to supervision don't seem to do this particularly well. …

Keeping up with research: does it make any difference to our practice?

26th June 2015

I'm running a one day workshop in Belfast this weekend entitled "Keeping up with research: does it make any difference to our practice?". Here's a downloadable copy of the 50 or so slide initial Powerpoint presentation. I'll also be giving the trainee cognitive therapists a series of exercises to try. …

Therapeutic use of film, music & poetry

25th September 2009

A few days ago a client lent me a DVD of the film Groundhog Day. It's a whimsical comedy about a guy who finds himself in a weird time loop where he has to repeat the same day again, and again, and again. Luckily for him, he isn't condemned to …