Lucia Sarmiento Verano

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  • 6 Reasons Why Online Therapy Could Be Right For You

    Deciding to undertake a counselling or therapy process often means we feel the need for support. It is not an easy decision to make, and with the amount of information about different modalities, therapists, and offers that exist out there, it can also prove confusing. One of the many decisions to make when looking for…

  • 3 Commonly Overlooked Ways to Practice Self-Care

    There is countless self-care advise present on the internet these days. Whenever we search for ideas or inspiration in order to care for ourselves, or when we feel especially overwhelmed, we find similar lists of activities or things to consider: All of these strategies and action to take are obviously good and there’s nothing bad…

  • How Therapy Can Help the Highly Sensitive Person

    Who is the Highly Sensitive Person? High Sensitivity or High Sensory Processing Sensitivity involves “an increased sensitivity of the central nervous system and a deeper cognitive processing of physical, social, and emotional stimuli” (Boterberg et al., 2016) Research undertaken in the last decade has shown how a higher activation of the brain and nervous system…

  • Therapy in Context: why is it important?

    The therapeutic relationship between client and therapist as well as the therapy space are thought of as very specific spaces, separated from the rest of our relationships or the environments we navigate. It is true that these spaces are meant to feel safe enough for us to explore and address difficulties in ways that are…

  • The invisible pain of living during a pandemic

    ecently I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on some of the effects of living in a pandemic situation for a year may have on our psyches. I have already written about several stress factors in my previous article. Now I’d like to consider some of which are rarely mentioned or acknowledged as things that can really…

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