In-depth writing on psychotherapy, emotions and relationships — clear to read, grounded in the profession.
When ending a relationship is the healthiest decision: criteria that actually tell you something, the trap of invested years, and what research says about staying for the children.
ReadA parent's death almost always leaves something open — unsaid, unresolved in the relationship or undivided in the family. What can still be finished when they are no longer there to talk…
ReadNot a diagnosis, but it describes something real. Why functioning is not a measure of illness, why the chronic form fares worse than the episodic one, and what helps.
ReadMood swings really are bigger at this age. Four criteria that separate ordinary teenage moodiness from depression - and how to start the conversation.
ReadA guide for the acute phase: what to do in the first week, the second, and up to day thirty, plus the seven things that reliably prolong the pain.
ReadWhen nobody knows it is ADHD, every slip gets explained by character. How “you don’t try hard enough” shapes self-image, why a diagnosis doesn’t erase it overnight, and how to rewrite it.
ReadDullness and loss of pleasure are not part of ageing. Why late-life depression is so often missed, what the body contributes, and what actually helps.
ReadRoughly half of people have another episode after the first. Why that is not proof that therapy failed, and what actually changes when it returns.
ReadOften it can, but rarely in the form you imagine. What is realistic with parents, when distance is justified, and why forgiveness is not an obligation.
ReadAnhedonia is not simply that nothing is pleasant. Most often it is the prediction that fails - and that is why nothing moves you.
ReadIf one of these posts spoke to you, you are welcome to simply write to me.
