Notes for Clients
These are notes that I often give to people I am working with.
What is experiential avoidance?
Experiential avoidance is what happens when we try to push away or avoid an uncomfortable thought, feeling, or memory. It’s completely natural, but it tends to backfire: the more we fight a feeling, the more space it ends up taking up. Rob Archer has a short video that explains this really well:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ZuqeyxULM
Understanding Shame: The Emotion We Often Don’t Know We’re Feeling
Shame is one of the most fascinating emotions I work with, and one of the least understood. Unlike fear or sadness, shame is often invisible even to the person feeling it. Many people come to therapy dealing with panic, anxiety, or a pattern they can’t explain, with no idea that shame is sitting underneath it.…
Dr Walton 