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KEEPING YOUR SHAPE – HANDLING PRESSURE WITH RESILIENCE Playing tennis recently I had an insight which seemed relevant to some work I am currently involved

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

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

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

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

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

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