Drawing on 40+ years as a psychotherapist, I write empowering, compassionate non-fiction to inspire growth and strengthen relationships with self and others.
My background is in the field of therapy: 40+ years as a clinical psychotherapist specialising in complex childhood trauma recovery for adults who often present with eating disorders, relationship difficulties, very low self-worth, difficulty forming and maintaining intimate relationships, destructive self-harming behaviours such as self-hatred, self-talk attacks. My major influencers in my clinical work include Freud, Jung, Winnicott, Klein, Laing, Sullivan, Ainsworth, and Horney to develop an integrative, psychodynamic therapeutic approach to the slow working through of traumatic childhood experiences.
The other deeply significant influence has been 15 years+ of studying Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism doing initiations, attending retreats and daily meditation practices. Drawing on this and my clinical work
I co-created a Tibetan Buddhist Psychotherapy program and taught in it for 5 years bringing together the best of western psychotherapy and the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism.
I have worked as a Child and Family therapist over 30 years, working a lot with separated and divorcing couples to help establish child-centred arrangements post-divorce, I have worked with blended families and the unique challenges they face
In my early years of clinical work I worked in a child psychiatric unit as a Child and Family therapist and as a result moved away from a medicalised approach to healing of the mind to a more holistic approach through psychotherapy. Now, as I come towards winding up my private practice over the next five or so years, I am keen to channel the accumulated practice wisdom into useful, relevant non-fiction writing.
Birth Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Accomplishments: BHSC in Education Otago University, New Zealand, 1980
MSc in Couple and Family Therapy, Iowa State University, USA, 1983
Clinical Psychotherapist and Dream Analyst, ANZAIDA (Australian and New Zealand Association of Independent Dream Analysts, NSW Australia, 2008
Tibetan Buddhist Psychotherapist, Post Graduate, Institute of Clinical Psychotherapy, 2009
Books
End Imposter Syndrome by Rachel Glasgow This book helps you get to the root of imposter syndrome and provides easy to use strategies to uproot it once and for all. Only be getting to the deeper underlying issues can you build sustainable, reliable self-confidence personally and professionally....
Rachel Glasgow Counselling and Psychotherapy Services
This is my private practice website which I have run for over 25 years. Since the pandemic all my work is now online and I am living as a digital nomad in Europe and England.
Additional information
My first non-fiction book is now live on Amazon entitled End Imposter Syndrome: A Roadmap to Sustainable Personal and Professional Self-Confidence. I am excited to share this first work on this platform.
