Do you suffer from anxiety, feeling overwhelmed or ill at ease? Read my article on useful exercises for the management of anxiety which will help you to feel better and increase your energy flows. There are many benefits to improving your self-discipline such as greater energy levels and personal productivity. You will also have more personal […]
This is a link to my interview with Brant Cortright PH.D, clinical psychologist and professor of Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies and author of The Neurogenesis Diet & Lifestyle. In the interview we discuss neuroscience, transpersonal psychotherapy and how to live more healthily and for longer. See also My other interview with Brant discusses
It is that time of year again when we are confronted, more than usual, with issues related to beginnings and endings. Whether it is about starting or finishing courses, exams, jobs, relationships, holidays or summer school we are having to deal with the triggers to our personal history and how we have been impacted in
Click here for my article on toxic people and friends that can make you feel miserable. The article explains how to identify a toxic person in your life and how to deal with them and provides a short overview of transactional analysis and ‘complementary transactions’.
Sex addiction is a term that typically produces wide ranging views from, on the one hand, some psychiatrists, who argue that there is insufficient evidence for the term to be included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual on Mental Disorders, to others in the therapeutic community, notably Dr Patrick Carnes and Paula Hall amongst others, who acknowledge
Do not suffer in silence if you are feeling anxious. Anxiety can be a really normal response to something challenging – we’ve all been there. Often, it’s just a sign that you’re standing on the edge of your comfort zone and about to do something really brave. Sometimes though, it can be more than that.
My letter to Therapy Today on the validity of psychotherapeutic interventions, which was published in the May 2015 edition, outside the prism of ‘evidence base’ and randomised control trials (RCTs) in public sector commissioning. This followed an article by the chair of BACP in the March edition of the journal (page 46) in which Andrew Reeves
My interview with Paul Magrie, transpersonal psychotherapist and member of management committee of the CCPE in West London. In the interview Paul discusses his take on integrative psychotherapy and his involvement with CCPE from the 1990s. CCPE recently celebrated 30 years as a transpersonal training institute and clinical services provider. In the interview Paul refers
My latest article on relationship issues has been published on the Counselling Directory website. The article addresses the difficulties that present when one person becomes overly parental in the relationship and what needs to happen when sex stops occurring in the union. To read the article please click here.
Are you worried about feeling anxious? Do you withdraw from meeting up and mixing with your family and friends? Do you avoid social situations in order to not have feelings of worry and dread? Do you find it difficult to go to work and do you take time off sick? These actions can make you