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It’s perhaps natural that when we are not well we spend much of our time focused on things that have been difficult, or we perceive to...

Power shows up in relationships, it can't not. In relationship we play out our psychological patterns, showing them most clearly with...

One of the key tasks of psychotherapy is to help clients come to know themselves more fully, and to be aware of how they are relating...

Sometimes it is hard to say goodbye. It can be very upsetting when something of value comes to an end, and you have to face it no longer...

One of the striking features of working therapeutically with couples is that they have often arrived in a place where they need...

I received a thank you note recently that prompted me to reflect on just what it was that had enabled me and my client to connect in a...

There is a lot of focus therapeutically at the moment on trauma. We are traumatised when something happens that overwhelms our...

One of the aspects of self I find important to find out about in my client work is the client's sense of the sacred. For some people...

There are many different approaches to psychotherapy that inform what happens in the therapeutic relationship. We each have our own...

A mindfulness teacher gave me a really useful reminder this week about the power of using transitions as a moment to ground ourselves and...

I've been reflecting on the perceived opposite of discipline and spontaneity this week. On the surface, it can seem as if having...

Endings are not always easy to predict, they can come unexpectedly. it’s important to know that everything changes, and nothing is...

Need a good rant? Worried it might not be good for you? You’re not alone. Often, people have been brought up with unrecognised rules...

This is the third reflection in my series about being a psychotherapist. Today I want to talk about humility, picking up on the final...

Letting go is painful. Particularly if what you are holding onto is dearly loved, or if the letting go is not your choice. What is...

We like to think our behaviour is directed by our conscious awareness, that we do the things we intend to, and that we are in control. My...

There is a lot of focus therapeutically at the moment on trauma. We are traumatised when something happens that overwhelms our...

I was sat recently, just reflecting, on a windy day. It was quite something, the way the wind felt like it was moving through me, despite...

Today, I want to talk about breathing. Simple? yes. Easy to optimise? No, not for most of us. Life-changing? Potentially. "In reality,...

Sometimes it is hard to be true to yourself when you are in relationship with others. Over the festive season the difficulty of this can...