THERAPY NOTES Christel Roets

This discussion reminded me of the unique experience of being a therapist. I am so grateful for my guest (an educational psychologist) sharing some of her thoughts and experience with having to get to the difficult decision of changing her practice as a psychologist for her own mental health and wellbeing. Asking for help, when you are the one usually offering the help, can be such a difficult thing to do. Psychologists often suffer in silence, becuase your problems might always seem minute in the greater scheme of things. Practicing as a psychologist is for most practitioners extremely isolating and lonely. If anything, this discussion reminded me how important it is to just talk. Talk to your colleauges about the things you struggle with, things that you find triggering, mistakes you make with clients, and uncomfortable experiences in the therapy room. Go for therapy. And go for supervision. These spaces exist for a reason. If you enoyed this episode, please take a few seconds to rate it on whatever platform you are listening on. And be in touch if you would like to be a participant yourself. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSnVLF3mjOFsQIVCXUIpp78N6bj17UE5DJJlOiA1sBxOBnrQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

In this episode I am reminded about how important our relationship with ourselves is. I truly believe that it is essential for us to be able to develop empathy and understanding with ourselves in order to be able to truly heal and do things differently moving forward. But that can be so hard, especially if we are used to motivating ourselves and holding ourselves responsible by being critical. This is also a reminder of the massive impact that our environment has on us in terms of the beliefs we develop about ourselves and carry with us for the rest of our lives. It is very common for children and adults with ADHD to self-medicate with substances, and I think this is partially because we often don’t take the time to understand how this individual’s brain got to function the way that it does - assuming that it is just purely a biological thing in the brain. There is no way around emotions, only learning how to get through them, without harming yourself or others in the process. To this guest, Thanks so much for sharing your story with me and with everyone who gets to listen to this. I hope you find what you need on this journey, having more compassion and understanding for yourself, while maintaining your sobriety. I have shared some links with him, which you can find in the description of this episode:https://youtu.be/AAJhI2egVtwhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.org.stem4.calmharmIf you would like to be a guest on the podcast and share your story with me, please complete an application form also linked in the description:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSnVLF3mjOFsQIVCXUIpp78N6bj17UE5DJJlOiA1sBxOBnrQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

One of the parts about being a therapist that I am most grateful for is the opportunity that I get on a daily basis for people to share their stories with me. I feel so priveledged to be able to wittness other’s journeys and I find it such a meaningful interaction, where we get to think about their experiences togehter and try to gain better understanding, while at the same time learning so much about life and us as human beings myself. My hope with this podcast is to be able to share a glimpse of that with you the listeners, by sharing these once-off discussions between me and a random stranger, who I have not seen for individual therapy before. The goal is not to have a super once-off session where we identify solutions to all their problems or fix everything magically in an hour, but rather to bounce off ideas and for me to try and help them to identify how and where to begin or continue with their own mental health journey. These recordings will be shared anonymously and any identifying details regarding the client has been removed. I hope this helps you in some way.

Welcome back to another episode of Inside Your Head!
It has been a while since we released an episode and I am beyond excited to share this episode with you!
I had the most heartfelt, real and vulnerable discussion with Natasha Joubert, who is well known for being the second runner up in Miss South Africa in 2020 and she was appointed to represent South Africa at Miss Universe in 2021. Natasha has a B.Com Marketing Management degree as well as her own company, Natalia Jeffreys. She is a dynamic woman, who has experienced a lot of dissappointment and has also been through major loss. In this episode she shares her own experiences with depression, anxiety and PTSD, as well as how she continues to develop on a personal level given the pressures and responsibilities she has.
You can follow Natasha on Instagram: @natasha_joubert

Welcome back to another episode of Inside Your Head!
It has been a while since we released an episode and I am beyond excited to share this episode with you!
I had the most interesting discussion with Devon Brough, who is a transformation powerhouse who has a contagious energy and passionate zest for life. As an author, speaker, and coach he has committed his purpose to helping people get unstuck, inspiring them to transform their life with a focus on achieving breakthroughs in areas of mindset and relationships.
I had the most interesting discussion with Devon about how we need to start with ourselves in relationships. We discuss how you can identify some of your own toxic traits, not just your partner's, how our upbringing can affect the relationships we land up in, his own journey with addiction, and how we can deal with break-ups.
You can follow Devon on Instagram: @devonbrough

Welcome back to another episode of inside your head! I am your host, Christel Roets, clinical psychologist and founder of Psych Central South Africa.
Lately I have been finding myself in a space where I have a bigger need for meditation, being still with myself and really focusing on generating internal strength and self love. I have been struggling to find guided meditations, one because there’s so many of them, and two, I don’t really know what to search for.
I decided that maybe it might be a good idea to try and record my own. So today I am going to share a short guided meditation with you that has been written specifically to help you release some anxiety that you might be holding on to, and remind you of all of the strength that you can find within yourself and help prepare you for your day!

It's important to remember that the goal of meditations are not to fix all of your problems miraculously, but rather, when used as a daily practice, help you to connect with yourself and do the hard inner work that is so necessary for change.

I hope you enjoy!
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