Us talking therapists often work with people who are taking anti-depressants, and many clients speak of how helpful they can be when things have felt intolerable (not all, of course). People speak…

If I stopped people in the street and asked them ‘Do you know the difference between a psychiatrist and a surgeon?’ I imagine most would know. However, if I asked…

Insomnia is a pernicious experience & can have a huge impact on our health and happiness. The Mental Health Foundation have made a big splash of it this year (Sleep…

Many years ago now, the Guardian ran a brilliant advert depicting an angry looking skinhead running toward a well-dressed be-hatted business man, as if he were about to attack him….

Much as been written about Emma Forrest’s latest book Your Voice in my Head this year. An English journalist, precociously successful, she falls into a destructive bout of self-harm and…

Professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, Daniel Siegel has coined the term mindsight to describe an integration of neuro-science findings with the practice of psychotherapy. Those familiar…