Sarah McGrath Psychotherapy

Tag: mental-health

  • The stories we tell ourselves

    The stories we tell ourselves

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    Sarah McGrath
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    As human beings, we’ve been meaning-making creatures since times before cave drawings and agriculture. We make meaning in the lives we lead – meaning in who we are and meaning in our relationships. Sometimes we make mistakes and other times violations against us occur. When we are alone with these types of experiences, we are…

  • You must believe

    You must believe

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    Sarah McGrath
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    Typically, when a client enters counselling, there’s been a big event – or unfortunately, for many, there’s been a long list of things – which led them to counselling. When someone undergoes multiple stressors, they may start to feel disconnected from the things they used to feel and believe. You may stop believing most people…

  • There’s a reason you like yourself more in forests

    There’s a reason you like yourself more in forests

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    Sarah McGrath
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    As a psychotherapist, many clients come with anxieties. In particular, anxieties about themselves – Did I do everything right? Am I good enough? Will future-me cope? Many anxious clients will have a whole armory of self-critical tools, an internal reflex where this unkind and merciless inner voice will conduct midnight meetings in which every scenario…