In-depth writing on psychotherapy, emotions and relationships — clear to read, grounded in the profession.
When sport is almost a third member of the relationship: the partner as support and as the one who waits, invisible work, one career at the other's expense, and the couple after…
ReadThe strongest predictor of successful therapy is not the method but the relationship. See what half a century of research says about the healing power of secure connection.
ReadWhen parents help adult children with money, an unspoken expectation often travels with it. How to tell a gift from a gift with a string — and talk about it without a…
ReadHours on one thing without a break, weeks without the energy for another. Why hyperfocus is part of ADHD, how it differs from flow and how to prepare your way out.
ReadIt is not the people who don't care who burn out, but the ones everyone relies on. What dedication, perfectionism, the inability to say no and the family hero role have in…
ReadTherapy is not for "crazy" people, and it is not just talking. Here are the six most common myths, and what really happens in psychotherapy.
ReadAnger you don't show does not disappear. It finds a route into the body, into passive aggression or inwards, into self-criticism and low mood. How to recognise it, and why the opposite…
ReadAntidepressants, hormonal contraception and blood pressure medication can affect desire and sexual response. What the research shows — and why you never stop a medicine on your own.
ReadMigraine does not only hurt during an attack. How the fear of the next one narrows your life even on pain-free days, and what you can do about it.
ReadThe voice that judges you all day is not the truth about you, it is a learned pattern with a history. See where it comes from and how to take its power…
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