Stefan Kelly, MBACP

SK

Stefan Kelly, MBACP Quick Facts

Legacy SelfGrowth professional contributor shell for Stefan Kelly, MBACP.

Articles by this expert

SelfGrowth articles and saved writing connected to this expert.

4 total
A

Article

Almost everything we do in life involves relationships of one kind or another. Whether it is dealing with the local supermarket checkout assistant, bringing up children, interacting with colleagues in the workplace or talking to your child’s teacher at Parents’ Evening.nnWork with some of my clients has involved exploring such normally routine exchanges which for them, have been laden with anxiety, dread and fear. I’m sure some of us are able to identify oth

September 6, 2008

A

Article

As a female counsellor I have often worked with women who, for one reason or another appear to the outside world to ‘have it all’ and they come into therapy upset and frustrated that they apparently have ‘no reason’ to feel as they do. nnIt’s almost as if she feels her feelings are not justified.nnSo where would a counsellor start? If a client is unhappy now but wasn’t unhappy before then something has changed. It may sound obvious but often, changes in their life

September 3, 2008

A

Article

As a working therapist within my private practice this is a question that I often get asked by couples or individuals that feel their relationship is not as it should be, or even that it has gone past the point of no return.nnMy next question may be seen as flippant or inflammatory but bear with me. “What makes you think that you’d like the relationship to be as it was before?’ Let me explain: often in the first throes of romance and love (and yes, no matter what age yo

September 3, 2008

A

Article

As you read this short article, it may be that you already have some curiosity about counselling and the world of talking therapies. But I can’t really know what your motivation to read this is and I don’t make any assumption. nnWhat I can relate to however, through my own personal experience of therapy and that of many of the clients I have worked with, is just how hard sometimes it can be to take what is quite a big step towards counselling. Below are some common concer

March 19, 2008

Websites & resources

SelfGrowth-published websites, downloads, and contributor profile websites connected to this expert.

2 total