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We come to know ourselves through our interactions with other people. It’s a bit like others hold up a mirror to us, we see ourselves...

I’ve been pondering Erik Erikson’s theory of psycho-social development of late, which sets out eight stages of development along our way...

I was recently asked some excellent questions: Where do I live as a therapist? What lenses do I use to see through the clinical landscape...

I was thrilled to receive a new fuchsia last week - a tall dark leaved variety with a profusion of flowers called ‘Bella.’ I’ve planted...

Time is a funny thing, while sometimes minutes can feel like hours, it’s also true that there are a limited number of hours in the week....

In my twenties, I recall going on a Dale Carnegie training course, and being told ‘seek first to understand, and then to be understood.’ ...

“There are so many ways to dance in the dark with our dragons. Therapy is an art.” These words were the conclusion of a training I...

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...

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

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

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...