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Having recently planted my garden with a variety of plants from tiny to mature, I noticed this week a little delphinium that was...

I’ve been looking out of my therapy room window, noticing the increasingly long grass of my newly laid lawn. I’ve read so many...

This week is loneliness awareness week, and it seems well timed. As society opens up and we begin to edge out into more social...

I just love my garden at this time of year. My therapy room looks out onto it, and it is delighting me to notice that sometimes hour to...

Humans have a natural bias towards the negative. In order to survive, like any animal, we need to be aware of risks and danger. Being...

“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone,...

“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’ve been reflecting on the continual change and uncertainty that our current environment presents us with, and its impact on well-being....

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...

“I’m not looking to escape my darkness, I am learning to love myself there” Rune Lazuli Wishing you a weekend of self-love, of shade, and...

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...

I was speaking to a wise colleague recently, and she shared an anecdote which made me smile. She came home one night, with a big bunch of...

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

I was reminded this week of the important function of self-criticism. You know, that irritating, debilitating voice inside that nit...

"Be still and listen, the earth is singing" I was standing in the garden recently, just after a deluge of rain, and this quote came into...

I was reflecting with a colleague this week on the way that encounters with clients cause me to change and grow. It is noticeable that...

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...