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…

(This originally appeared in the Miscarriage Association newsletter) Becoming Parents and Overcoming Obstacles: Understanding the Experience of Miscarriage, Premature Births, Infertility, and Postnatal Depression Ed Emanuela Quaglita: Karnac Books (Sep…

I’ve been sorting my library and thought it useful to list some books for those suffering from anxiety. I’m all for self-help alongside talking therapy. Feedback from many clients I…

I know Stephen Grosz’s recent book has had quite a splash, so I offer my feeble and quick opinion in the wake of many (more interesting) ones, but I always…

Daniel Smith is an anxiety veteran – the list of experiences, relationships and things that induce his fight or flight response is impressively long. One wonders how he managed to…

Earlier this year, I spent two days with Kristin Neff and Chris Germer, US academics/researchers/practitioners who have devised an 8 day ‘Mindful Self-Compassion’ course (in trial stage – see below…