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…

My first session with a client does have a formula of sorts – I ask broad questions that aim to get a picture of the landscape of a client’s inner…

‘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…

I haven’t trained as a ‘coach’, although I may well do some coaching in the room with clients – ie psychological work that is more explicitly goal driven and digs…

If you are vaguely interested in the lie of the land between counselling and coaching, here’s a piece (a while ago now, but still relevant)in Therapy Today.

I like The School of Lifeand all that it does, and I also really like Dr Chris Irons who will visit there on 14 March – tickets will go fast…