In our last post ‘Punch bags, boxing gloves, and psychotherapy – setting the scene‘ we looked at setting the scene for any bag work to take place, mainly exploring three safety rules: no harm to self; no harm to other; no harm to environment. We also briefly explored some of the ways a therapist can start to gather some information about the client by observing the client on … [Read more...]
Punch bags, boxing gloves, & psychotherapy – setting the scene
Our punch bag has seen some action this week, as clients have been getting in touch with their emotions and their body. This seems such a simple and straight forward therapeutic exercise that many therapists may only consider for anger work/issues, however there are many different ways that a punch bag can be useful therapeutically, and its not just all about hitting it as hard … [Read more...]
Time waits for no man… or woman either
My clients have brought me the gift of time this week, everyone seems to want more time. “I need more time” is said as if I could magically wave a magic wand and produce more time for them to take away and solve all of their problems. Of course, secretly I wish for this myself, warmly remembering a childhood when warm summer days seemed to go on forever... Mmmm back to the real … [Read more...]
A little bit of peace and quiet please!
When our BT engineer telephoned to change the date of our new superfast broadband connection from Tuesday to Wednesday, I didn’t really give it a second thought! Wednesday was the day our electric was to be cut off (for the whole day), and the new owner of my car was coming round to pay and sign all the paperwork. What were the chances of it all happening at the same time? … [Read more...]