It is common for clients to be curious about a therapist’s own experience of therapy. Sometimes this is a desire to build a deeper relationship than boundaries… Read more “Turning the Page: A review of 2016”
Category: personal exploration
Who’s afraid of the big, bad, therapist?
One of the things i have noticed, on forums and other places where people discuss therapy is how often worries about how a counsellor perceives their clients… Read more “Who’s afraid of the big, bad, therapist?”
Love in the time of therapy
How do we describe the vitally important relationship between therapist and client?
Lost and Found- A post for world mental health day.
If you follow me on twitter you will know I make no secret of the fact I suffered from severe post natal depression. I sometimes think of… Read more “Lost and Found- A post for world mental health day.”
Its OK to look away.
I I would not usually begin a post here with a personal snap from a family album, but this has not been a usual week. As therapists… Read more “Its OK to look away.”
Like Pebbles on a Beach
I took this photograph recently at the three day Raising the Skirt workshop. (Be aware of nudity on the link). Whilst the actual event only lasted three… Read more “Like Pebbles on a Beach”
Instagram and #Gracenotes.
Those of you who found this blog via my involvement with #PNDhour and PNDchat will already know I suffered from post natal depression after the birth of… Read more “Instagram and #Gracenotes.”
The heart and mind
I am not a buddhist, and as I wrote here I believe a therapist’s individual politics and religion should not intrude on the therapeutic relationship. However I do… Read more “The heart and mind”
Endings, and new beginnings.
It is Easter Weekend in most of the west, it is also Passover. Both festivals which center around how the future grows out of the past. It… Read more “Endings, and new beginnings.”
40 Facebook Free Days
Content Note for food, fasting. It is Shrove Tuesday, or to give it it’s more down to earth name, Pancake Tuesday. Today marks the start of Lent.… Read more “40 Facebook Free Days”
