In-depth writing on psychotherapy, emotions and relationships — clear to read, grounded in the profession.
Six weeks after giving birth, most women have not yet resumed sex. What happens in these months to the body, tiredness, touch and identity — and how closeness returns gradually.
ReadMigraine is a neurological disease, not simply a stronger headache. How it differs from tension-type headache, when to call 112, and where psychological work can help.
ReadDoctors, lawyers and bankers have to be precise. But where do high standards spill over into a fear of mistakes that slowly wears you down — and how can you tell them…
ReadAt home “no” comes easily; at work it sticks in your throat. Assertiveness isn’t a trait but a response to a system — with power, roles and triangles, just like a family.
ReadThe tissue has healed, yet the pain remains. How the nervous system amplifies and sustains pain, why it isn't "all in your head" and what helps when the alarm won't switch off.
ReadAfter a successful first album, novel or film, every next work becomes evidence. Where fear of success comes from, why it hides in perfectionism, and how work can become work again.
ReadYou don’t shout or accuse each other, but everyone in the office knows. Why an avoided conflict with a co-worker slides downwards, who is drawn into it and how to start the…
ReadInfertility doesn't only happen to a body, it happens to two people. Why partners experience it differently, how they get caught in a loop of pushing and withdrawing, and what keeps a…
ReadA child who grows up alongside a family business is given a place before asking who he is. On unspoken expectations, differentiation and guilt.
ReadA manager who checks every line slowly takes away your sense that your decisions count. What micromanagement does to motivation, what lies behind it and how to respond.
ReadIf one of these posts spoke to you, you are welcome to simply write to me.
