Oliver Drakeford LMFT, CGP

Oliver Drakeford Therapy's early anxiety analysis reveals how anxiety is more than just a feeling and operates as a system of rules. November 10, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Oliver Drakeford Therapy has released early data from The Ten Rules of Anxiety Report, revealing behavioral patterns from hundreds of participants that suggest anxiety functions less as an emotion and more as a system of mental rules designed to maintain safety but often reinforce distress. The findings position...

If you run or are thinking about running process group therapy, you already know it is less like a skills class and more like a living room where emotional work happens in real time. In this post I walk you through four practical facilitation techniques drawn from Modern Group Analysis that I use to help groups develop emotional connection, clearer self-other boundaries, and better use of words instead of actions. I explain what I do, why I do it, and exactly what I might say in the moment....

If you want a simple, research-backed way to prevent small frustrations from turning into long-term resentment, start using relationship check in questions . After a decade of working with couples, I can say this with certainty: resentment is the silent relationship killer. It hides, multiplies, and eventually makes one or both partners feel disconnected. The antidote is structure — a 10–15 minute ritual built around relationship check in questions  that helps you both stay emotionally...