Each one of us can experience bizarre or distressing thoughts – speaking for myself, (and probably by now, hundreds of clients I’ve worked with), it’s not unusual to think of…

The Guardian ran an interesting piece last week about the perils of practising mindfulness without proper instruction or preparation (here if you are interested). This ancient practice, secularised by Jon…

‘Losing my baby was devastating. I didn’t realise quite how much I loved it until we found out it had died. I couldn’t sleep or concentrate for weeks, and my…

Barbara Taylor’s moving tale of her descent into alcoholism and madness, and long journey back to health isn’t just another misery memoir. It certainly touches on misery, but along the…

I was lucky enough to go to the All in the Mind BBC4 awards last night (broadcast next Tuesday night at 9pm if you are keen). It was a very…

‘Shrinks’ come in various guises, but understanding what type of practitioner they are may help to make more sense of the work they do. What follows originally appeared here at…