‘Therapy is sought, not primarily for enlightenment about the unchangeable past, but because of dissatisfaction with the present and a desire to better the future… A change in the current situation is required and, once established, however small, it necessitates...
Recently, I’ve worked with several couples who have shared a common concern: they’ve noticed a decline in their attraction towards their partner. They’ve described their relationship as more akin to that of siblings than romantic partners and have...
One of the things that still surprises me when couples come to me for therapy is the number that say that they never argue. Now if they mean by that that they don’t have flaming rows, throwing things at each other in the style of some soaps, that is one thing – but...
Last week’s Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May) theme was Movement. Simply making time every day last week to step outside in daylight and increase my steps made a significant change to how I felt and managed my stress. Working as a couples ‘therapist for over...
Our relationships with phones are A Thing now, a normal facet of 21st century living. For almost all of us, the smartphone has changed our lives. This includes the way we access information and maybe, above everything else, the way we now interact and communicate with...
Recently I watched the TED talk I have posted above by Anne Power. In it she explores the pioneering work of John Bowlby, particularly in relationship to Attachment Theory. But what struck me particularly was one of her final sentences “Vulnerability is the heartbeat...
