Graham Westwell

Individual Supervision | Graham Westwell Therapy My intention is to work with supervisees in a way that is warm, sensitive, validating and deeply collaborative.

Looking for deeply collaborative and process focused supervision?

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The transformation is intense😅

One for the academics out there.

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Academic Lecturer post for the Dip/MSc in Person Centred Practice currently being advertised at Metanoia Institute:

www.metanoia.ac.uk/about/career...

‘Speaking in order to listen’: teaching person-centered psychotherapy to non-person-centered therapists This paper is a modified version of a keynote address presented at the conference of the World Association For Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling, Athens, Greece, 10 Sept...

A new article in PCEP emphasising a process focus towards listening and being with:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Secondary effects of dialectical behaviour therapy on social functioning, quality of life, and autism traits in autistic adults with suicidality - Anne Huntjens, LMC (Wies) van den Bosch, Bram Sizoo, ... The effect of psychological treatment on social functioning, quality of life and autism traits in autistic people with suicidal behaviour remains largely unknow...

In today's 'Research that makes you want to make a nice mug of tea to get over reading it', this: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Now, for sure, we need teams to focus on improving the quality of life of autistic people in mental health settings.
But...
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“The worst thing about the system is the system …”
- Roy Harper, Circle, 1967.
Resilience sucks. Soften often.
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Picture of Caz wearing a striped multi-coloured top and blue jumper holding the book as described in the text - ‘Relational Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counselling Private Practice: Solidarity, Compassion, Justice’. We can also see in the background coasters, a book on magic and a mini Xmas tree

1/ #TherapistsConnect Well…it’s most unlike me to miss a ‘posing with a book’ deadline! & it’s not just any old book I’m talking about,but my book!! Happy 1 week birthday to this little one 💕😍

‘Relational Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counselling Private Practice’ is out now!

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Post by Charlotte Clymer: Every transphobic argument can basically be boiled down to: "I actually don't know the science at all or have a good argument here, but trans people challenge my long held view of the world and it's very uncomfortable and everyone should be expected to move around my discomfort."

This…this is it. In a nutshell, yes.

Hi! We are ‘therapists against conversion therapy and transphobia’- a group of ppl (mostly therapists) who think that trans/queer identities are valid & all clients should have space to explore that if they wish to in therapy #TherapistsConnect #LGBTQ #therapy

Never mind. It seems to be working now 🫠

Hi Erin - thanks for this. I clicked the link and it says there is some sort of error and to let you know? 🙏 I’m new to bsky so no idea what this means 😆

I’ve been reflecting that the practice and theory of experiencing unconditional positive regard (as an integral attitude of PCE therapy, wider modalities of therapy and simply being human) needs to be offered more unconditional positive regard within the profession and between humans in general 💛🙏

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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1/ Here’s a keynote that I’m doing at the end of the month for the Psychotherapy and Counselling Union - please do come along if you’re interested. Full description of the keynote is in this thread.

‘SCoPEd in the spotlight - an exploration of professional ethics’

#TherapistsConnect #Therapistsky

"Soften often" What does ‘soften often’ mean? Over the last few years, I’ve been encouraging the counselling students I’ve worked closely with, to ‘soften often’ in their own practice. I’ve also encouraged clients a...

Over the last few years, I’ve been encouraging the counselling students I’ve worked closely with, to ‘soften often’ in their own practice.

I’ve also encouraged clients and supervisees to try and do the same in their process.

What does ‘soften often’ mean?

www.grahamwestwell.com/post/soften-...