Greg James
Experiencing Secondary Trauma
Therapists, carers, blue light service first responders, nurses, family members of trauma survivors, doctors, surgeons, teachers, and...
Greg James
- May 17
- 1 min
Somatic Experiencing Explained
Somatic Experiencing is sometimes difficult to explain and so, as you do, I challenged myself to explain it in less than 60 seconds.
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Greg James
- May 3
- 4 min
The Trauma Guide
Have you experienced trauma or PTSD? What is trauma? Our bodies are designed ebb and flow with the stresses and joys of life, our nervous...
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Greg James
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Oscars 2022, A Trauma-Informed Perspective
The following is conjecture, not knowing the two men involved at all, and is based solely on my experience in working with trauma. This...
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Greg James
- Jan 8
- 2 min
How to Live with My Body
My brain and heart divorced a decade ago over who was to blame about how big of a mess I have become Eventually, they couldn't be in the...
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Greg James
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Which Wolf do you Feed?
There are two wolves, and they are always fighting. One is darkness and despair, and the other is light and hope. Which one wins? The...
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Greg James
- Dec 20, 2021
- 7 min
The Body has Something to Say
"Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside of you as a result of what happens to you. It does not have to be a life...
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Greg James
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
Does Therapy Work?
Sometimes it's difficult, over time, to see the small and even big changes that happen in the therapy room. From time to time, it's...
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Greg James
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
You were made for this
"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our...
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Greg James
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
The Psychological Impact of Boarding School
Since writing my previous boarding school blog post, a number of people have been in touch to access therapy for issues relating to their...
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Greg James
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
A Safe Place to Land
As a crisis volunteer for SHOUT and Bath Mind, I worked with a lot of people who were thinking about or imminently planning suicide and...
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Greg James
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
Who are we trying to comfort?
Were you ever told to 'be brave' or not to cry? It's a very common thing for parents to say to children and it's most often not said...
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Greg James
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
Alone
Lockdown is hard for us all in different ways. It curbs our freedoms, we can go stir crazy with the kids in the house 24/7 while also...
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Greg James
- Nov 13, 2020
- 5 min
Anxiety and the Body
Have you ever wondered what anxiety actually is and what purpose it serves? Anxiety is the body's natural response to stress - most...
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Greg James
- Sep 26, 2020
- 1 min
Therapy sometimes makes you feel worse...
....but that's part of the process. Coming to therapy is not an easy thing. The idea of sharing your experiences or your inner thoughts...
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Greg James
- Sep 12, 2020
- 3 min
Find it hard to Forgive?
Many, if not most of us, have grown up with a definition of forgiveness that we find difficult to come to terms with. We feel that by...
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Greg James
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Boarding School Survivors
Are you emotionally Bulletproof? I attended a boarding school in South Africa from the age of fourteen until I graduated high school...
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Greg James
- Aug 17, 2020
- 2 min
How Do You Feel?
We've been tricked into thinking that we are getting a better idea of who we are. In reality, we are getting more distanced from ourselves.
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Greg James
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Response vs Reaction
Sometimes you start to think that you are in therapy to help you cope with the people in your life that should really be in therapy.
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Greg James
- Jul 29, 2020
- 1 min
What is Mental Health?
What do we mean when we talk about mental health? It's not what you might think! Mental health is not something you have or don't have.
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