Finding Balance: A Holistic Approach to Managing Anxiety
The causes of chronic anxiety are complex, so its management necessitates a holistic, or whole-being approach. With that in mind,...
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Chris Wilson
- Aug 4
- 5 min
The Bitter-Sweet Fruits of Mindfulness : Hurdles on the Contemplative Path
While I view the recent explosion of mindfulness into popular culture as a positive development, the simplistic ways in which it is being...
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Chris Wilson
- Aug 4
- 4 min
Calming the Wild Horse of Anxiety
“Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.” ― Soren Kierkegaard Living with chronic anxiety is a...
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Chris Wilson
- Oct 15, 2022
- 3 min
What Heals?
At this point, research on the efficacy of therapy is clear; the specific modality is largely irrelevant, rather it is the rapport that...
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Chris Wilson
- Apr 27, 2022
- 8 min
Ambivalence - Relationship Kryptonite
Most of us, probably more frequently than we’d like, will have found ourselves in the grip of relational ambivalence, either playing the...
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Chris Wilson
- Feb 9, 2022
- 4 min
Therapy as Philosophical Pursuit - Metaphysics
Moving away from identity, we can also direct the lens of philosophical enquiry to our core beliefs about the nature of reality....
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Chris Wilson
- Feb 9, 2022
- 4 min
Therapy as Philosophical Pursuit - Identity
Consider this - Whether you engage consciously with philosophical questions, or not, you are most certainly answering those questions...
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Chris Wilson
- Feb 9, 2022
- 4 min
Re-entry and the Therapeutic Relationship
Being in the business of relationship building, I’m forced to think deeply and often about how relationships form and mature, or not, as...
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Chris Wilson
- Feb 9, 2022
- 5 min
Psychedelics - Pros & Cons
Currently in the midst of a rebranding following their messy heyday in the 60’s, psychedelics are no longer associated solely with...
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Chris Wilson
- Feb 9, 2022
- 4 min
Tech Dreams and Soul - The End of Growth?
Maybe you have noticed, like me, an increasing trend towards the unquestioned assumption that our wildest technological fantasies are a...
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Chris Wilson
- Jan 27, 2022
- 17 min
Beyond Identity - The Roots of Polarization
Originally used in 1940’s America to define a state of mind that was awake to racial injustice, the term woke, in its contemporary form,...
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Chris Wilson
- Jan 26, 2022
- 3 min
Lifting the Hood on Therapy
From the perspective of sceptical observers and even interested clients, therapy can seem like a suspiciously obscure endeavour. Given...
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