“In everyone there is observed supreme love of oneself”  – Ramana Maharshi   Narcissism is a fascinating and increasingly popular idea. It is a prevalent condition that most...

As 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...

Anyone 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...

I 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. ...

Trauma 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...

Imagine 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,...

All 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...

I 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...

One 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...

Despite the doom and gloom that is portrayed in the media, I think it is important to notice, and point out the possibly unpopular perspective that there is something...