Deborah Pleasants
People Pleasing
Caring about other people's’ opinions to validate self-worth is often an outcome of shameful feelings such as not being “good enough” or...
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Deborah Pleasants
- Aug 1
- 3 min
Setting up Private Practice
Are you a qualified counsellor and thinking of setting up private practice? Overwhelmed? Don't know where to start? Feeling a little...
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Deborah Pleasants
- Jul 4
- 4 min
Shame.........
Shame is a normal part of being human, it is also one of the most painful emotions we experience. When feeling shame, you are most likely...
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Deborah Pleasants
- Jun 2
- 4 min
Finding your values helps self-esteem
Clients that come to me with low self-esteem have often lost touch with their authentic self. After delving into how and why they have...
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Deborah Pleasants
- May 2
- 3 min
Counselling divorce
“Today, we turn to one person to provide what an entire village once did: a sense of grounding, meaning, and continuity. At the same...
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Deborah Pleasants
- Apr 2
- 5 min
Boarding School Syndrome
Boarding school is not an alien concept for me. My parents went to boarding school at 7, some of my siblings were boarders from 11, and I...
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Deborah Pleasants
- Mar 4
- 5 min
Useful open ended questions in therapy
Used in the right way open questions are an essential tool that can facilitate and deepen the counselling process. Questioning in a...
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Deborah Pleasants
- Feb 7
- 5 min
Overcoming birth trauma
Giving birth is often portrayed to be the most magical thing in the world and for some women it is. For others, giving birth can be...
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Deborah Pleasants
- Jan 27
- 3 min
How depression can be your ally
We live in a society where we think we can fix things, whereby everything has a solution. As an integrative counsellor, I use a variety...
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