by Maryam El Banziqui | May 28, 2025 | Psychological Therapies
What if everything you’ve been told about needing to be “fixed” by an expert was wrong? What if the most radical idea in psychotherapy isn’t a complex technique or a breakthrough intervention, but simply the belief in the Person-Centred...
by Maryam El Banziqui | May 5, 2025 | Foundations of Psychology
What makes someone brilliant? I’ve spent years sitting across from people, some in therapy rooms, some in documentary interviews, asking them about their lives. And one question always bubbles up: Why do some minds seem to sparkle while others simply… function?...
by Maryam El Banziqui | Feb 28, 2025 | Personality, Development & Social Life
Do you ever catch yourself repeating patterns in relationships, patterns you swore you’d never repeat? Maybe you’re the one who pulls away when things get too close. Or the one who clings a little tighter, a little longer, than feels comfortable. Maybe you...
by Maryam El Banziqui | Jan 28, 2025 | Counselling & Theraputic Relationship
Have you ever sat across from someone, a friend, a stranger, maybe even a professional and felt something shift inside you? Not because of what they said, but because of how they were with you? I’ve spent years thinking about this moment. As someone trained in...
by Maryam El Banziqui | Aug 7, 2024 | Mental Health, Society & Behaviour Change
I need to tell you something that’s been sitting with me. A few weeks ago, I was sitting with a Muslim woman in her thirties. She’d come to therapy seeking help for trauma, but here’s what stopped me in my tracks, the trauma she described...
