This book review appears in the BACP divisional Private Practice Journal. Meditation, and mindfulness in particular, is now an accepted and ever popular tool for wellbeing and mental health. Simon…

I wonder if, as a man, I struggled with our new childless reality through the lack of physical experiences – no sensations in the tummy, no overwhelming tiredness, and later,…

Wednesday 10th October marks World Mental Health Day again and I’m pretty passionate about promoting awareness of mental health problems, and of the many ways to support them – including…

I’m talking to many people who find that September heralds in a New Year. The academic year (or football season in my neck of the woods) scores deeply into many…

I’m often asked about the psychological perils of working as a therapist. ‘It must be so draining, what do you do with all that emotional turmoil?’ ‘How do you not…

I had the dubious pleasure of seeing Home at the cinema last week – a DreamWorks film of a story (I think it was a children’s book originally), about an…