Neither guilt nor shame are easy feelings, and so, unsurprisingly I meet them both a lot in my consulting room. It doesn’t really matter if we use the words rightly…

I’ve written about the potential benefits of taking a break from therapy over the summer – but if you are lucky enough to get away from the Big Smoke where…

I’m often asked what the most common ‘presenting issue’ is that I work with in my consulting room. The short answer is anxiety, followed by depression or a general sense…

We’re edging toward the month when many therapists close their practice – the ‘August break’ that has its roots in Freudian times when many Swiss and German professionals downed tools….

A while ago, I asked 13 therapists for their top 3 recommended reads – for both colleagues and their clients. Here’s what they said in this downloadable pdf: top reads

Stephen Fry (on a now ancient podcast of In the Psychiatrist’s Chair) made a very powerful and interesting point about how his own ‘cleverness’ and ability to articulate his mental…