Plain guides
Guides
Short, plain pieces about what therapy involves, what the letters after a name mean, and how to choose someone. General information, not advice about your situation.
Existential therapy is a way of talking about the big, ordinary questions of being human rather than a medical treatment or a set of quick fixes.
Guide · 4 minWho existential therapy tends to suit, and who it does notWho tends to find existential therapy useful, who often needs something different first, and how to decide where to look next.
Guide · 4 minWhat a first session is actually likeA calm, practical guide to what happens in a first therapy session and what an existential approach may focus on.
Guide · 5 minTalking about meaning and purpose without it being a lectureWhat it looks like to bring a question of meaning or purpose to a therapist, and what that conversation is not.
Guide · 4 minWhat the letters after a therapist name meanLetters after a therapist's name show a route into practice or membership; they vary by country and can be checked with the issuing body.
Guide · 4 minHow to choose between two therapists who look the sameA practical way to choose between two similar therapist profiles and how the first session tells you more than a listing can.
Guide · 4 minWhat online therapy is like, and what to set up firstPractical, plain steps to get set up for online therapy and what to expect from video, phone and messaging formats.