When Defensiveness Takes Over: Why Some Men Struggle to Hear the People They Love

TRACK_TITLE 0:00 0:00 Listening to By Ari Sotiriou MA PGDip psychodynamic psychotherapist “Why does every difficult conversation end in an argument?” It is one of the questions we hear most often in both individual psychotherapy and couples therapy. A partner raises a concern. Perhaps she says she feels […]

The Symbolic Architecture of the Referral: The ‘Parental Couple’ and the Fragile Ego

By Ari Sotiriou UK Accredited Psychotherapist Photo by Cup of Couple @Pexels In my practice, navigating a UK Therapy Guide Psychodynamic Referral requires a unique clinical perspective, as a UK-accredited psychotherapist, I frequently collaborate with specialist organisations. This partnership has prompted a deep reflection on the structural differences […]