A Book Review ‘SWITCHCRAFT: Harnessing the Power of Mental Agility To Transform your Life’ by Elaine Fox ‘There is no one-size-fits all solution to dealing with life… It’s the people who know how and when to switch between different approaches – people who have...
Many emotive and inspiring books have been written about bereavement. This book, The Return Journey by Steve Bull describes in a generous way his attachment to his late wife Kathryn in the past, present and his future life without her. The switching...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
