Sean Cuthbert
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy: a non-pathologising stance
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy offers an alternative to the mono theory of mind that dominates mainstream psychiatry and psychology.
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Sean Cuthbert
- Apr 25
- 3 min
You have needs... and they matter...
Needs are inextricably linked to emotions, and emotional responses are information about whether one's needs are met are unmet.
Sean Cuthbert
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Working with Protective Parts in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
In Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, working with protective parts is key, as these parts have survival strategies from early life.
Sean Cuthbert
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Self in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
The Internal Family Systems (IFS) model holds that each of us has a Self - who each of us is at our core with our parts separate.
Sean Cuthbert
- Nov 2, 2020
- 4 min
The Soul Nerve and Trauma Recovery
Most human behaviour involves a part of the body few people know about - the vagus nerve. In his brilliant book, “My Grandmother’s...
Sean Cuthbert
- Aug 16, 2020
- 4 min
Connecting to your "Inner Critic" using Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Currently in Melbourne, there are Stage 4 restrictions in place in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Most things are shut and people...
Sean Cuthbert
- May 9, 2020
- 3 min
Increased alcohol consumption during COVID-19 lockdown?
We all saw those pictures in the media during the early panic buying days of COVID-19, where people crowded the aisles of Dan Murphy’s...
Sean Cuthbert
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Managing anxiety related to COVID-19
As COVID-19 turns day-to-day life into something unrecognisable, managing your reaction to the pandemic is going to be key in staying...
Sean Cuthbert
- Mar 10, 2020
- 3 min
Mental Health for Tradies and Construction Workers
On the back on International Women’s Day, it’s a good time to look at the expectations put on men in this changing world in terms of...
Sean Cuthbert
- Oct 13, 2019
- 3 min
Why trauma and anxiety treatment needs to be different...
Much of my career has been spent with clients who have had strictly talk therapy where they have gained benefits, but there has...
Sean Cuthbert
- Jun 23, 2019
- 3 min
Harden Up Princess
Harden up. Suck it up. Man up. Push through. We’ve been telling men this message for years when faced with life’s challenges, but is...
Sean Cuthbert
- May 26, 2019
- 4 min
Soul Retrieval: Overcoming and healing complex trauma
An unspoken split in the field of trauma psychotherapy is between professionals who will focus on the treatment of trauma as processing...
Sean Cuthbert
- Mar 10, 2019
- 4 min
"Non-Realisation"- Disconnection from Childhood Trauma
In his astonishing book, "Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression, and the Unexpected Solutions", Johann Hari tears...
Sean Cuthbert
- Feb 16, 2019
- 4 min
Losing Strategies for Couples in Conflict
Most of my clients are men so I'm uniquely positioned through my clinical experience to hear common losing strategies men (and their...
Sean Cuthbert
- Jan 28, 2019
- 3 min
Empathy for perpetrators of family violence
Over the past five years, family violence has rightly become front and centre as a legal and societal issue, particularly since the death...
Sean Cuthbert
- Nov 10, 2018
- 3 min
Male suicide: the silent killer
It's 2018 (almost 2019). The world is moving forward. Men have never had it better. We've been freed from those "real man", confining...
Sean Cuthbert
- Oct 13, 2018
- 3 min
How should you choose a therapist?
When you set out in search of a counsellor or therapist, you face an endless array of options. Should you see a counsellor, a...
Sean Cuthbert
- Oct 13, 2018
- 3 min
Trailheads in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
In Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy when something comes up that throws you out of Self or Self-energy, we call that a Trailhead. ...
Sean Cuthbert
- Oct 13, 2018
- 3 min
Shame and Exiles in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
Clients often ask me, "How am I the same as all of the other clients you see?" People want to know that there are commonalities in their...
Sean Cuthbert
- Oct 12, 2018
- 2 min
Anger management
A primary focus in the presentation for counselling for many men is their experience of anger. "I don't want to be angry" or "My wife...