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I’m sat in my new office, writing my blog. It’s taken four long months to transform this patch of earth from deadened concreted to a new...

Did you know that your brain reacts to stimuli in 50 milliseconds, but that it may take up to 500 milliseconds for conscious awareness to...

When reading about the Internal Family Systems approach to psychotherapy recently, I was reminded of the idea that we each have a ‘self’...

Today I want to reflect on some of the differences between working as a psychotherapist with a couple and with an individual. In a...

This is an important talk for anyone affected by sexual abuse, as a survivor, or if you work in the criminal justice or social work...

Do you ever hear yourself say something, and think you sounded just like someone else? It may be a parent, partner, friend, child,...

Here’s a short clip of Gabor Mate talking about addiction, which he defines as “any behaviour that a person finds relief from and...

In my work, I work with energy. People come to see a psychotherapist because they want to move towards, or away from experiences. They...

I’ve been reflecting this week on the power of the stories we believe about ourselves and about the things that happen to us. It seems...

It’s natural to want to turn away from things that make us feel uncomfortable. Our biology is set up to seek out the pleasant, and avoid...