
The Danger of Diagnosis
I recently saw an article about how millennials are diagnosing themselves with mental health disorders via information on social media, largely naming TikTok as the source. Seems hardly surprising,...
Read MoreI recently saw an article about how millennials are diagnosing themselves with mental health disorders via information on social media, largely naming TikTok as the source. Seems hardly surprising,...
Read MoreAs I write this, it is getting to the end of January – firmly in the midst of what is, so far, a fairly bleak and dreary winter here...
Read MoreAnyone working with me in the last year or so has likely noticed the shift in my language as I talk to them about their ‘parts of self’. I’ve...
Read MoreI feel like the word ‘obsessed’ is really overused these days. Like, just because you really enjoy cross-stitching or caramel lattes doesn’t mean that you are obsessed with them. ...
Read MoreTrauma is like this: imagine that when you are young, you experience a shockingly bright light, and you don’t know how to deal with it. But others around you...
Read MoreImagine you are living a thousand years ago, in a part of the world that completely believes that the world is flat. And imagine that you are a sailor,...
Read MoreAll of our problems are in the mind. Outside of your thoughts about this moment, what is wrong with it? All of our suffering is in the remembered past...
Read MoreBecause of COVID-19, this year has seen a massive shift in the way that counselling and mental health therapies are happening across the world. Online therapy is not a...
Read MoreI am seeing themes of codependence more and more in my work with clients, but also in the people around me, and even in the world. I don’t think...
Read MoreOne of the essential parts of psychotherapy is to start to understand your own feelings and ideas a little more clearly. It is crucial, then, that with most of...
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