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Podcast 17: What is limerance, and how can Hypno-CBT help?
PODCAST - What is limerance, and how can Hypno-CBT help?
Limerence is an intense, sometimes obsessive state whereby a person becomes obsessively preoccupied with another individual, often accompanied by an overwhelming desire for reciprocation. #addiction #neurodivergence

Kathy Carter
Apr 281 min read


Our personal bill of rights - a focussed attention exercise
Our personal bill of rights - a focussed attention exercise (meditation/hypnosis) that's ideal for identifying needs and regulating.

Kathy Carter
Apr 82 min read


Attachment theory in popular culture – analysing the film Love, Actually
Analysing the attachment styles of the Love, Actually characters: Karen, Jamie, Colin, Mark & Joe. Insecure or secure attachment?

Kathy Carter
Nov 18, 20245 min read


Heartstopper Syndrome – the blissful oxytocin rush of being held, followed by the post-watch slump – and how Charlie Spring’s heartbeat aids the process
Heartstopper Syndrome – the blissful oxytocin rush of being held, followed by the post-watch slump – Plus, Charlie Spring's heartbeat, PSD

Kathy Carter
Nov 11, 20248 min read


What’s empathetic resonance?
EMPATHETIC RESONANCE
“Try to trust your empathetic responses, especially the somatic sensations: our nervous system’s ‘truth radar.' #hypno

Kathy Carter
Jul 2, 20243 min read


Exploring Nick and Charlie’s Love Languages in Heartstopper
I delve into Nick and Charlie’s primary love languages in TV’s Heartstopper, based on "The 5 Love Languages,"

Kathy Carter
Jul 1, 20246 min read


NEW Podcast - (Show 16): TV as therapy – how Heartstopper is helping us heal
Podcast - (Show 16): TV as therapy – how Heartstopper's helping us heal - and what are the links with processing loss of what we didn’t have

Kathy Carter
Jun 27, 20241 min read


The A to Z Guide to Narcissism
Narcissism – An A to Z detailing overt, covert, vulnerable narcissism, gaslighting and all of the major terms concerning this set of defence

Kathy Carter
May 6, 202415 min read


Analysing the attachment styles of the Heartstopper cast – season 1 & 2 spoilers included!
Analysing the attachment styles of the Heartstopper cast – spoilers included! Charlie Spring, Nick Nelson, Tao Xu, Elle Argent, Darcy Olsson

Kathy Carter
Apr 23, 20249 min read


NEW Podcast - (Show 15): Rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) – we explore what this trait or mechanism means for individuals, notably those who are neurodivergent
How does RSD show up for you?
How do we heal? What even is rejection sensitive dysphoria? Do you head into a fight or flight energy?

Kathy Carter
Apr 18, 20241 min read


Analysing the attachment styles of One’s Day’s Emma and Dex – only minor spoilers included!
Studying the attachment styles of Dex and Emma in Netflix's adaption of David Nicholls' One Day. #OneDay #EmmaAndDex #Netflix #attachment

Kathy Carter
Apr 7, 20247 min read


Acceptance, change and conscious contact – a 12-step roadmap for healing from codependence
Did you know there is a great framework for avoiding people-pleasing and codependent relational patterns that was developed from the...

Kathy Carter
Dec 31, 20236 min read


NEW addiction article: ‘Missed, misunderstood & misdiagnosed’, in the BACP's Therapy Today magazine
BACP article: ‘Missed, misunderstood & misdiagnosed': Kathy Carter asks: Is undiagnosed ADHD & autism at the root of many addictions?

Kathy Carter
Oct 21, 20231 min read


Navigating our way past disappointment - the path through processing
I wanted to share this recent experience, in case it resonates with you too. My family and I were heading away for a few days on annual...

Kathy Carter
Aug 21, 20233 min read


What is anxiety; the nervous system; the physical experience, and how to beat stress
All about anxiety - what it is, its relationship to stress; tips to beat anxiety, inc CBT and mindfulness, and regulation of nervous system

Kathy Carter
Jul 14, 20238 min read


Kathy Carter guests on the Neurodivergence & Mental Health Podcast
Kathy Carter guests on the Neurodivergence & Mental Health Podcast

Kathy Carter
Jun 17, 20231 min read


Podcast 14 - Karpman's Drama Triangle - navigating family and relational dramas (+ Hypno-CBT)
A brief introduction to Stephen Karpman's drama triangle, a model of relating whereby we slip into victimhood.

Kathy Carter
Jun 17, 20231 min read


Introducing the Enneagram model: a personality system to help with self-growth and healing
This blog looks at the nine Enneagram types. The Enneagram model is a personality system that categorises individuals into nine types.

Kathy Carter
May 18, 20239 min read


“I'm NOT Dwayne Dibley". Red Dwarf, & rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) as a defence mechanism
“I'm NOT Dwayne Dibley”. Red Dwarf’s ‘Back to Reality’ as a metaphor for rejection sensitive dysphoria, a hallucinogenic defence mechanism

Kathy Carter
Apr 2, 20235 min read


‘Mask mapping’ – getting to know your masking Self. (Autistic masking, HSP)
Getting to know your masking self. Autistic masking, HSP, neurodiversity. Using mask mapping to meet the part of us that conserves spoons

Kathy Carter
Mar 6, 20237 min read
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