Emotion Wheel

This emotion wheel can help with naming your emotions. It can be a handy tool if you are writing down how your body feels and trying to link it to an emotion.

Attachment styles

This link will introduce you to attachment styles. If you'd like to read more academic work on this you can look up John Bowlby's original work, and Mary Ainsworth's work which adds to it.

Is therapy right for me?

The text above links to a document produced by the BACP to help people understand the different terminology used in choosing what kind of practitioner you may need. 

 Repetition compulsion

Freud's idea of repetition compulsion can help us to understand why we repeat patterns that we learned early on in our lives. Read more about it here.

Sensation seeking behaviour in ADHD

"Whether through sensation or hyperactivity, ADHD brains compel their owners to scan the environment for engaging stimulation."

Unconscious mind

Freud's theory of the conscious, unconscious and preconscious minds.