Grief can come in many forms, but it is often something we grapple with. While there is no one right way to grieve effectively, as a therapist I often see the c...
Grief can come in many forms, but it is often something we g...
I have been thinking recently about emotion and stress buckaroo. If you remember the 1980s board game, you will know that essentially you load up the donkey unt...
I have been thinking recently about emotion and stress bucka...
Last week the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, seemingly out of nowhere, announced that vaccinated individuals in the United States no longer need to...
Last week the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, se...
Do you ever feel like your success is mainly down to luck or that your bosses overestimate your abilities? If so, you may be one of the many people who experien...
Do you ever feel like your success is mainly down to luck or...
To those that know me as a dancer, sorry to disappoint, but I’m not talking Salsa today, I’m talking relational dances. As a Cognitive Analytic Therapy practiti...
To those that know me as a dancer, sorry to disappoint, but ...
Most people know that exercise is good for us in the general sense; in the same way that they know celery is healthy and hot dogs are junk food. But what do we ...
Most people know that exercise is good for us in the general...
As I write this, we are in yet another wave of outbreak, with the numbers of those with Covid diagnoses once again rising, and a raft of restrictions and closur...
As I write this, we are in yet another wave of outbreak, wit...
I have been talking with friends about how quickly we’ve become accustomed to not touching, and whether it will feel too intimate or uncomfortable when we are f...
I have been talking with friends about how quickly we’ve bec...
Coco Chanel’s famous quote, “I only drink champagne on two occasions; when I am in love and when I am not”, is pretty reflective of how we use alcohol in weste...
Coco Chanel’s famous quote, “I only drink champagne on two o...
This year has seen many of us dramatically change the way we work, and at the moment, we are unsure as to whether this will become the new norm. The most signif...
This year has seen many of us dramatically change the way we...
Arguably, our children are suffering the most right now. Research evidence seems to support this with child mental-health difficulties increasing, particularly ...
Arguably, our children are suffering the most right now. Res...
Toxic positivity is a phrase commonly used in social media psychology, and refers to the emotional damage of “being positive” in the face of adversity. Essentia...
Toxic positivity is a phrase commonly used in social media p...
Coping and resilience is all about the balancing the books; you don’t need to have a gold-standard coping repertoire, but you do need to have enough to offset t...
Coping and resilience is all about the balancing the books; ...
If we had a dollar for every time the phrase “living in unprecedented times” was mentioned, we would all have shiny new yachts in the harbour by now. Well, mayb...
If we had a dollar for every time the phrase “living in unpr...
Referrals to mental health services are soaring internationally, and many of us are understandably stressed, anxious and grieving about Covid-19 and its consequ...
Referrals to mental health services are soaring internationa...
