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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver I read this quote in a gratitude journal, and it...

“Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know so it goes flying anyway” Mary Kay Ash Belief is...

May all that is unforgiven in you Be released. May your fears yield Their deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in you Blossom...

“Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security” Jane Seymour Beauty is often conceptualised as being...

In this second blog exploring themes from Karen Atkinson’s book about Compassionate Mindful Inquiry, I wanted to reflect for a moment or...

Have you ever noticed that when you show someone else around your home or office, you see it differently? Or when you take someone for...

I’ve just finished reading Karen Atkinson’s book about Compassionate Mindful Inquiry, which as a Mindfulness Teacher and Psychotherapist...

Psychotherapy is a relational activity. OK, therapists don’t tell clients biographical details about their lives, and so it’s not the...

I heard this wonderful phrase a few weeks ago, and it has really stayed with me. Amidst the chaos of family life I smiled wryly at the...

After much consideration, I have decided not to see clients face to face in my therapy rooms until at least early 2021. I continue to...

This year is my tenth as a psychotherapist, I find it hard to believe that a decade has passed since I began working with clients. I’m...

As the end of the summer holidays has come and go, and term time is again upon us, it seems that for many this summer was more than a bit...

Oftentimes, while you may not be able to easily say what you do want, you are able to state clearly what you don't want. You may have a...

I am delighted to have received news that I passed with Distinction my Certificate in Online Counselling through the Academy of Online...

I heard this phrase recently, spoken in the context of Covid, lockdown, and the process of re-emerging to a life with more contact while...

Do you want things to feel different? If so, you are in good company. This is what brings people into psychotherapy, a gap between what...

In my blog earlier in the week I mentioned my ancestor the Rev Adam Buddle, who was a botanist. Looking back at some old files recently,...

Does your behaviour depend on your mood? If so, that’s pretty normal. It's easy for this to be the case, for example, when you feel low...

I am proud to be a relative of the late Rev. Adam Buddle, an 18th century botanist after whom the Buddleja (Buddleia) bush was named. ...

I’ve been experimenting of late with the way I show up in online video psychotherapy sessions. I’d noticed a pattern in the way I was...