Research has shown that having sympathy for someone who insults you can reduce the brain activity associated with anger. This makes sense intuitively, but I put it to the test the other…

I think this course looks good. Using psychoanalytic ideas over 5 evenings, it offers the opportunity to explore the emotional and therapeutic experiences of popular culture and the media. As…

I was lucky enough to see Marina Abramovic at the Southbank on Sunday. Despite gripping Olympic athletics on every screen in London, beautiful riverside sunshine and a general Sunday afternoonishness,…

I’ve plugged the Artist’s Way before here and for not dissimilar reasons I give the thumbs up to Write Yourself – an addition to Gillie Bolton‘s ceaseless enquiry into the…

Last weekend, Mariella Frostrup wrote about what she has learnt after 10 years in post as an agony aunt. Not quite 10 years in post, but over 7 years of…

Some of you may have heard about this on the news this week. The Centre for Economic Performance’s Mental Health Policy Group concludes: … mental illness accounts for a massive…