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?
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Kathy Carter
- Aug 21
- 3 min
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...
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Kathy Carter
- Jul 14
- 8 min
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
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Kathy Carter
- Jun 17
- 1 min
Kathy Carter guests on the Neurodivergence & Mental Health Podcast
Kathy Carter guests on the Neurodivergence & Mental Health Podcast
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Kathy Carter
- Jun 17
- 1 min
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.
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Kathy Carter
- May 18
- 9 min
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.
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Kathy Carter
- Apr 2
- 5 min
“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
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Kathy Carter
- Mar 6
- 7 min
‘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
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Kathy Carter
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Podcast 13 - the ABC model of cognitive behavioural therapy
PODCAST. The ABC model of cognitive behavioural therapy. An activating event, the belief behind our behaviour, consequences and disputing
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Kathy Carter
- Feb 26
- 5 min
Personal boundaries - theoretical limits and rules we set ourselves
Let’s talk about boundaries. Anyone who has worked with me as a client will know that boundaries and values come up quite a lot in the...
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Kathy Carter
- Nov 11, 2022
- 1 min
PODCAST – (12) – get to know your autonomic nervous system (ANS)
PODCAST – (12) – get to know your autonomic nervous system (ANS)
#polyvagal #autism #neurodiversity #ANS #ventralvagal
Discover your ANS!
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Kathy Carter
- Oct 19, 2022
- 2 min
Witches – persecuted women remembered with cheap candy and flammable masks
Halloween and the perscecuted women. ‘Witch hunt’ is a term often used against marginalised women, and those exhibiting trauma responses.
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Kathy Carter
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
PODCAST – (11) – ‘holding patterns’, stimming, tics, and the train analogy of regulation...
PODCAST – Show 11 – ‘holding patterns’, stimming, tics, and the train analogy of regulation..
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Kathy Carter
- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
What's in a (therapy) name? Arriving at a destination point on your current life journey...
Talk therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and finding your destination: I can help you arrive at destination point on life's journey...
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Kathy Carter
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
Anxiety and neurodivergent folk – sensory sensitivities, unpredictability and social interactions
How anxiety affects neurodivergent folk – inc. sensory sensitivity, unpredictability and social interactions
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Kathy Carter
- Jul 2, 2022
- 3 min
Respecting neurology - helping autistic individuals, especially children, enjoy celebrations
Respecting neurology - helping autistic individuals, especially children, enjoy celebrations
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Kathy Carter
- Jul 2, 2022
- 4 min
Should we say no to the puzzle piece and Light It Up Blue campaigns? (Spectra.blog content)
Why we should say no to the autism puzzle piece and dated Light It Up Blue campaigns.
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Kathy Carter
- Jul 2, 2022
- 4 min
Autistic social engagement challenges - a schema approach (Spectra.blog content)
Our capacity for social engagement as an autistic individual isn’t a card we’re dealt with, that’s finite. It’s malleable.
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Kathy Carter
- May 18, 2022
- 6 min
Attachment theory in pop culture - the film High Fidelity, starring John Cusack
Attachment theory in pop culture - the film High Fidelity, starring John Cusack. I want to look at characters' primary attachment styles.
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Kathy Carter
- Apr 14, 2022
- 6 min
The Friends TV characters’ attachment styles - decoded!
A perfect showcase for considering familial relationships and attachment styles (& personality disorders) is TV.. #friendstvshow #attachment
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