When is the right time for therapy: signs that talking would help
Six concrete signs that therapy would help you, plus a simple test of two weeks and two areas of life, so you don't wait until nothing works anymore.
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In-depth writing on psychotherapy, emotions and relationships — clear to read, grounded in the profession.
Which psychotherapy helps with depression — and why the name of the method tells you less than you think
CBT, interpersonal, psychodynamic or behavioural activation? Research shows their effects are similar. What really matters when choosing, and where the limits of therapy lie.
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Where therapists take their feelings: supervision, personal therapy and countertransference
What does a therapist do with the feelings they carry after sessions? Personal therapy, supervision and peer consultation — and why it matters to you. The third post in a series on…
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Teenagers and sleep: why they go to bed at two and what it means
When a teenager can't fall asleep at night or get up in the morning, it is biology first, not stubbornness. What happens to the body clock and how you can help as…
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Why choose therapy even when "nothing is wrong with you"
"It's not bad enough" is the most common reason people never come to therapy. Why that reasoning is wrong, and what all counts as a legitimate reason to talk.
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Social confidence: how to stop fearing new people
Where the line runs between shyness and social anxiety, why safety behaviours keep us afraid, and how to approach new people step by step.
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When sleepiness or anger washes over the therapist: countertransference as a message
Sleepiness, anger, helplessness and the urge to rescue are not random feelings in a therapist. How they become a message about what a person carries. The second post in a series on…
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What a first session with a psychotherapist is like — no mysteries
What really happens at a first session with a therapist? Step by step, from the first message to the decision about continuing. No mysteries.
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Caring for ageing parents and your relationship: what shifts between you
When one of you cares for an ageing parent, time and attention shift, and so does loyalty. How to carry the care together so it does not become a third person in…
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Job hunting at fifty: the age nobody mentions out loud
Nobody says “you’re too old”, but the message still arrives. What quiet age prejudice does to self-image, what role a team hands you and why experience is a resource.
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