Nov 12, 2020
For therapists, uncertainty is an issue that often comes up in therapy and never more so than now. It feels that over the past eight months when the first lockdown started, couples therapy sessions became more focused on uncertainty and anxiety than I can...
May 25, 2020
I prepared this blog some weeks before the shut (prefer that to lock) down. I then re read it during the start of the Pandemic and found little to alter. Now, crossing fingers that we are nearing the back end of restriction, I have read so much which bears...
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...
Oct 21, 2019
When couples or individuals come to my Practice I sometimes get a sense that they feel life is controlling them and they have no alternative but to continue on in the same, possibly negative and damaging way. It feels as if there is no way out. Becoming stuck in a...
Oct 11, 2018
A friend of mine was recently facilitating a group of people from the Voluntary and Community Sector. In seeking to assess where they were at in their work, he talked about how organisations often go through different ‘seasons’ in their lives: Spring, with its fresh...
Mar 8, 2018
Some time ago Coupleworks decided to set up a Twitter account and it has been a fascinating experience. We were curious and proceeded cautiously – wondering whether anything worthwhile could come from a message limited by 140 characters. But we now follow over a...
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