Alison Winfield

03/09/2026

“What are the consequences of thinking that your intelligence or personality is something you can develop, as opposed to something that is a fixed, deep-seated trait?” Carol Dweck Mindset

23/07/2026

https://corkpsychotherapyandtraumacentre.ie/mindset/who-moved-my-cheese/

Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson is a short book, first published in 1998 and has become a global phenomenon. It’s an engaging, easy-to-read fable about change, adaptability, and success. The key message is that change is inevitable.

10/06/2026

https://corkpsychotherapyandtraumacentre.ie/mindset/the-chimp-paradox/

I really love The Chimp Paradox! Following on from my previous few blogs about books and videos that I rate highly and often recommend to clients, this is another huge best seller that promises to help us to manage our mind better.

10/06/2026

https://corkpsychotherapyandtraumacentre.ie/resilience/growing-through-adversity-phil-stutz/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSWQt9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEwNUpYa1NyQnBRN1lZalVpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmojETAyeO4Q4LNmIXnvgmcqHGOX4LsMQWZ2kQK3ICwuwHPYe0wmWz2O8seG_aem_qu1n3EqURfzxNKFGSZw_tg

Closely linked to some of the ideas in my previous blog on resilience (and the work of Rick Hanson), this article again looks at growing through adversity. I first came across Phil Stutz, psychiatrist in a Netflix series Stutz where he talked to actor Jonah Hill about his life in a series of “ther...

05/03/2026

This is the second in a series of articles about my favourite psychology books, Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life by Risk and Forrest Hanson. I came across Rick Hanson many years ago, via his books – he was known primarily as a teacher of mindfulness from both Buddhist and scien...

27/01/2026

And having some one to one sessions with a counsellor or psychotherapist can be extremely helpful - the sense of being really listened to by someone who is experienced, outside of the situation, offering a safe supportive space. I often recommend books, videos and podcasts to my clients, sources of....

27/01/2026

I’m focusing on How to Master Anxiety by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell, who were the two co-founders of Human Givens.

17/11/2025

This is the second of two articles about scapegoating within the family and looks in more detail at the potentially catastrophic effects of scapegoating, and then at healing from scapegoating.

21/10/2025

This is a blog following my theme of “dysfunctional families” and looks at the phenomenon of scapegoating - where a single family member becomes the ‘scapegoat’, “black sheep” or “problem child.”

19/09/2025

This is my second blog which looks at the topic of generational trauma - this examines how generational trauma affects us. The concept of generational trauma is still in the early days of being understood and researched - but it is widely accepted that it occurs through biological, environmental, ps...