Nov 14, 2019
A review of ‘Eight Dates – Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love’ (John & Julie Gottman) Falling in love can bring an intoxicating feeling that we are seen as we are, and that we are accepted as we are, and that we are perceived to be special. We...
Mar 28, 2019
In my experience as a therapist Mother’s Day raises all kinds of questions and emotions for my clients. Frequently their own childhood experiences of being mothered will continue to impact them and is affecting how they are in their current relationship. Equally too...
Oct 5, 2017
‘Love means admiration for qualities in the lover that promise to correct our weaknesses and imbalances; love is a search for completion.’ This quotation, which in many ways both expands and focuses Plato’s search for your other half as described in his...
Jul 10, 2013
In “Semantic Polarities and Psychopathologies in the Family,” Valeria Ugazio challenges the idea that mental distress, the notion that being mentally ill, whether depressed, obsessive, phobic or schizophrenic is essentially biological. Ugazio believes that...
Sep 27, 2011
‘Committed’ by Elizabeth Gilbert ‘Committed – A Love Story’ is indeed a love story of the author Elizabeth Gilbert and Felipe, a Brazilian-born Australian citizen. However it is so much more than that. It is a study of the institution of marriage. Interwoven into...
Jul 11, 2011
Read ‘I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t) – Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power’ by Brene Brown and recognise an uncomfortable home truth! She describes how the search for the unattainable goal of perfectionism...
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