Kaspa Thompson: Psychotherapist & Supervisor

IFS Psychotherapist, Supervisor & Buddhist Minister

Author: Kaspa

  • what have I learnt in India?

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    It’s late, but something is keeping me awake. Could be the small can of Coca Cola that I drank earlier, with CONTAINS CAFFINE stamped on the side? It’s possible, I’ve been off caffine for long enough that a regular cup of tea gives me a sleepless night. The Coca Cola was given to me in…

  • i’m not self sufficient

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    After a fitful night’s sleep, with a couple of trips to the fridge for ice cold water, I woke up at seven am local time. It feels hotter than yesterday. It might not be at all, it may just be that I am simply feeling it is still too warm and thinking it’s hotter than…

  • arriving in Delhi

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    It’s Friday evening and I am in the first floor flat on the edge of a small town near Delhi. The flat is above the house of Prakash, one of our lay Order members, and I’m here to visit the local Amida group and give some training. The last time I was in India was…

  • Step one: Relax

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    The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true. ~ Carl R. Rogers Early this morning I was sitting in the garden under grey skies, watching a couple of solitary bees buzzing to and from the bee box I had installed…

  • We are all made of stories

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    How we feel, how we act and who we are in each moment is affected by many different things: how we felt a second ago, what is happening in our bodies, and our immediate surroundings. One of the most powerful things that affect us is the stories we tell about ourselves and the world, consciously…

  • Mindfulness and Therapy

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    People come to therapy for all sorts of reasons. They want to move from stuckness to action, from difficulty to ease, from sorrow to happiness, or they come looking for a more meaningful life. David Brazier, the author of Zen Therapy, once told me that: “If you only learn how to do one thing in…

  • Mindfulness and Therapy

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    Kaspa
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    People come to therapy for all sorts of reasons. They want to move from stuckness to action, from difficulty to ease, from sorrow to happiness, or they come looking for a more meaningful life. David Brazier, the author of Zen Therapy, once told me that: “If you only learn how to do one thing in…

  • The Power of Non-Rejection or Coming to Wholeness

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    “If I don’t like it, it doesn’t exist.” One of the most common ways of dealing with anything challenging is to pretend that it doesn’t exist. You come home huffing and puffing but claim to be fine when a friend asks you what’s up. Eventually you start to believe that you are fine. The general…

  • The power of non-rejection or ‘coming to wholeness’

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    “If I don’t like it, it doesn’t exist.” One of the most common ways of dealing with anything challenging is to pretend that it doesn’t exist. You come home huffing and puffing but claim to be fine when a friend asks you what’s up. Eventually you start to believe that you are fine. The general…

  • Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions

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    In mindfulness of breathing the aim is to put your attention on the sensations involved in breathing. This practice can bring some measure of calm: instead of letting your thoughts run away with themselves (as they often do) we focus on something real. Mindfulness of breathing is a valuable practice in itself, and it is…