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‘Resources’ Category

All Spirit, No Ground. All Ground, No Meaning.

Two ways to get stuck: a deep spiritual life that cannot manifest, and a successful life that means nothing. Why the swing to either extreme fails as a remedy.

September 4, 2026

Alex Golding Therapy

Life transitions, Psychosynthesis, Self-criticism and shame, Spiritual practice

Resources

Spiritual Bypassing: When Practice Becomes a Place to Hide

For practicing Buddhists and spiritual people: when practice becomes a way to avoid feeling, from someone with 40 years on the path himself.

August 17, 2026

Alex Golding Therapy

Psychosynthesis, Spiritual practice

Resources

Conscious Kindness: A Compassionate Response to the Harsh Inner Critic

Many people live under a harsh inner critic without realising it. This article explores how self-criticism develops, why shame and people-pleasing often lie beneath it, and how Conscious Kindness fosters self-acceptance, authenticity and emotional freedom. Drawing on Psychosynthesis, Rogers, Jung, Winnicott and Gabor Maté, it offers a compassionate path from survival towards a more integrated, fulfilling life.

June 22, 2026

Alex Golding Therapy

Psychosynthesis, Self-criticism and shame

Resources

Emotional Resilience and Ego Strength: How Much Is Enough?

What emotional resilience actually means across six schools of therapy - and the honest markers of having genuinely enough of it.

January 14, 2026

Alex Golding Therapy

Psychosynthesis, Trauma

Resources

Buddhist Therapy London: Mindfulness Counselling & the Spiritual Approach

Buddhist therapy London that’s conversational, not meditation-led - 40 years of practice woven into psychosynthesis counselling for everyday life.

September 19, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Spiritual practice

Resources

What Type of Therapy Is Right for Me? An Honest Guide

What type of therapy is right for you - humanistic, transpersonal, or integrative - and how to find the approach that genuinely fits your life and values.

September 19, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Psychosynthesis, Starting therapy

Resources

Healing the Primal Wound

The early rupture beneath anxiety, self-sabotage and existential dread, and how psychosynthesis works with it.

August 7, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Psychosynthesis, Relationships, Trauma

Resources

From Crisis to Calling: Psychosynthesis Therapy for Meaningful Life Transitions

Life’s unsettling passages - midlife crisis, loss, transitions - aren’t just trials to survive. A psychosynthesis guide to finding what waits on the other side.

August 6, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Life transitions, Psychosynthesis

Resources

Spiritual Awakening or Breakdown? How to Tell the Difference

Spiritual awakening or breakdown - how to tell the difference & why it matters. Psychosynthesis perspectives grounded in real client experience.

August 1, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Life transitions, Spiritual practice

Resources

Men and Emotions: Why It’s So Hard to Talk

Grounded, confidential therapy for men facing anxiety, shame, anger and disconnection. A space to be fully human without holding it all together.

July 28, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Men, Psychosynthesis, Relationships, Self-criticism and shame, Starting therapy

Resources

Depression Counselling in London | Effective Therapy & Support

Depression counselling that explores what your low mood may be communicating, not just how to manage it. Holistic, relational, transpersonal therapy - in Farringdon or online - to help you reconnect with vitality and purpose.

July 22, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Anxiety and depression, Psychosynthesis, Self-criticism and shame, Starting therapy

Resources

The Inspiration Behind Psychosynthesis: Roberto Assagioli’s Vision

The story behind psychosynthesis - Roberto Assagioli’s vision, and why his century-old ideas still shape how I work with clients today.

January 14, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Psychosynthesis

Resources

The Art of Self-Forgiveness

The art of self-forgiveness through Carl Rogers, Gabor Maté, Irvin Yalom, and feminist voices - plus my own approach through 40 years of Buddhist practice.

January 13, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Self-criticism and shame

Resources

A Transpersonal and Humanistic Approach to Healing Trauma

Personal trauma is rarely separate from family, collective, and intergenerational patterns - a transpersonal approach to healing all of them together.

January 7, 2025

Alex Golding Therapy

Psychosynthesis, Trauma

Resources