Barefoot Psychotherapist

Kahler’s Drivers

5th October 2022

What need are you driven by? Drivers (Taibi Kahler, 1975) are ways that we have learned to adapt to our environment when we were young. They are developed at an age when we can understand what is approved of and disapproved of by the grownups around us and we attempt to adapt to them to…

Let’s talk about limits…

5th October 2022

Limits create trust and build healthy relationships. Even when some people don’t like what you do, they will likely still respect you for standing up for what you believe in. Having limits can also generate safety in relationships. Ok, so why are limits so important? Healthy limits are a necessary element of self-care. Without limits, we might feel…

Lets talk about depression…

14th September 2022

We don’t really know what causes depressive symptoms, its complicated! Many things are thought to bring about depressive episodes such as stressful events, personality, family history and giving birth. We know that often if one of your parents lived with depression that may also increase the risk of you having depressive episodes. The NHS define…