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The real me

WILL THE REAL ME PLEASE STAND UP Perhaps the central task of psychotherapy is self-discovery, implying that the ‘self’ has been lost, buried under layers

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Stories we tell

THE STORIES WE TELL Adam Curtis’ recent film ‘Bitter Lake’, exposes the disastrous consequences that have resulted from an acutely simplistic and agenda-driven perspective on

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Mental hygiene

MENTAL HYGIENE I have recently given talks to a gathering of GP’s and another to a bank on the issue of Mental Hygiene. As awareness

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The more you grow

THE LESS YOU CHANGE THE MORE YOU GROW The French saying, “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”, can be interpreted as a rather

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The road not taken

TAKING A DIFFERENT PATH THE ROAD NOT TAKEN BY Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both

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Too much information

TOO MUCH INFORMATION – PRIMAL RESPONSES IN THE DIGITAL AGE I am frequently reminded, during my work as a psychotherapist, that we have evolved to

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