The coronavirus pandemic has impacted relationships deeply. Our circumstances are all different, both in the generalities that impact us ...

We only laugh when we are happy, right? It’s one approach, for sure. We can see playfulness, laughter and fun as a product of state of m...

I received a moving email from Esther Perel this week, reflecting on the many and varied ways that relationships have been impacted by th...

As the summer holiday progress, I’ve been noticing how different my experience of being at home with my family most of the time is to tha...

As the strangeness of our social world continues to unfold, I've been feeling a yearning to be outside, to be out in nature. I've been r...

I came across a really lovely way of thinking about activity last week that helped me change my relationship to to-do lists. It’s easy t...

If you look at a situation from only one perspective, your information is pretty limited. And yet, that is exactly what many of us do, m...

I remember many years ago being challenged to write down a list of at least 20 things that feel like treats that are free, or minimally e...

I’m not a professional musician. I’m not a scientist. I’m not a dancer. Or a photographer. Or a botanist. Or a chef. Or many, many ...

When I was training to be a psychotherapist, one of the ideas I came across that has really stayed with me is that the only purpose of a ...

I’ve been noticing in recent weeks how often I respond to things habitually. I’ve been taking moments through the day to check out my as...

What does it mean to recover from being traumatized? I like Babette Rothschild’s description. She defines recovery as understanding tha...

Working with clients, I am often reminded of the power of metaphor. For example, when building awareness of the way a client perceives th...

“If you want to improve the world, start by making people feel safer” Stephen Porges I love this quote from Stephen Porges, it speaks to...

Paying attention to the information you get through your senses may be instinctive, but for many reasons it may not be habitual. Sometim...

Clients often come to therapy wanting to find peace when experiencing strong emotions. Anger, sadness, guilt, grief; many different emoti...

I often smile at signs that tell the public what not to do, for example ‘don’t walk on the grass.’ They conjure up images of doing exactl...

We each have differing levels of comfort with different aspects of human experience. For some, the body, the physical is the prime way o...

These are heady times. It is completely normal to have many different worries and thoughts passing through you, when daily events are so...

As the slight easing of this period of cocooning at home comes closer, I have been reflecting on the impact of so much time alone, and so...