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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 25

And he’s just asked me to change my mind and I bloody caved immediately!
Work in progress ….

Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 25

Secret opinion
(Because fairly sure no one I know reads this stuff ….)
I am trying to do more of what I want or don’t want and less of what other people want me to do. I’m trying to be polite and kind but so far this week I’ve had a dear friend be rude to me and now I’ve got a sulking husband.

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 21

Good luck Erin! Thank you for standing I feel BACP needs fresh perspectives and I feel like that’s what you will bring (and more)

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 17

11 more people and I reach 1,000 followers which to me is EPIC!
Grateful for this growing community thank you

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 15

How to greet your therapist 🤣https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdD2h6fF/

TikTok - Make Your Day

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 13

Agree with Joy - look for examples of where you have thought about yourself as the therapeutic instrument and what you specifically are bringing. Is it helpful/unhelpful?
Good luck!

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 7

Yes good point !

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 6

BlueSky engagement be like
Drop ….

a large body of water with waves and foam coming out of it

ALT: a large body of water with waves and foam coming out of it

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 6

Gerald liked to think he was at the cutting edge of modern cuisine. Recently he had embraced the trend for vegetable jellies. So far he’d achieved carrotwobbles; radishwobbles and beetrootwobbles. Flushed with success (and beetroot) he was now ready for collywobbles #wackywordwed

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 6

Mmm
Although there can be much merit in extending congruence to allow for acknowledgement of who we are that might include levels of experience… yes?

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 6

Yes me too - also over the years my notes have got much briefer I used to write reams when I started because I was so scared of missing anything out

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · Jun 6

Loved Department Q on Netflix - unusually I much preferred TV Carl to Book Carl who I thought was tiresomely sexist.
But once again fictitious representations of a therapist are very odd. One minute she’s offering therapy, the next she pretending he’s her brother and then she’s round his house!

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 30

That sounds lovely. I went to my weekly yoga class today and then an afternoon of house cleaning leaves me feeling cleared out and reset physically, emotionally and environmentally!

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 27

I like the hat ! I think about parcels wrapped up in the same paper but containing very different things.

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 22

open.spotify.com/track/3R8yWU...

The Windmills Of Your Mind

Dusty Springfield · Dusty In Memphis · Song · 1969

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 22

Posts that assertively demand we all stop doing this or calling something that when no-one I know, have read or worked with have ever used these terms 👀

What is that all about?

Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 21

Enlist your supervisor’s support.
Consistency is key - whatever your stated approach is needs to be demonstrated in your case study and throughout. Don’t deviate and don’t over complicate.
Good luck !

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 21

trompe l'oeil - to trick the eye
Trumped up charges - to trick a legal process
Trumpery - to endeavour to trick the world
#wackywordwed

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 20

I just don’t understand when narcissistic traits became like witch burning. Isn’t it our job to work with people to help them live better lives?
I’m a CSA survivor and did my fair share of hurting myself and others when I was younger. Imagine if we were all demonised rather than supported.

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 19

I see things on social about how anxiety belongs to one generation or another and I think it’s nonsense.
All of us throughout our lives may feel anxious, overwhelmed etc. I think it’s useful to understand how age and social context impact that but not in order to take sole ownership.
Your view?

Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 18

Woah
Epic !!

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 15

This makes sense!

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 15

Nick I’m not being funny but I have never heard anyone ever talk about their ideal client. Am I living under a rock ?

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 12

I have a neuro divergent supervisor. She is fantastic!
I learn so much from her in many different ways but specifically:
I have learned how we build relationship together in ways that suit us both and how we can notice, discuss and learn from differences between us.

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Sara Mathews (PlumJam) @plumjam61.bsky.social · May 12

Love your congruent space this stuff matters !!