A qualified and accredited UKCP psychotherapist offering weekly sessions in central Walthamstow and Marylebone (Weds).
When early man sat around the Savannah campfire, it was his ability to tell stories, sharing those with others, that made him human. Stories help us build connection and find meaning - making the everyday archetypal and the divine fathonable. But as the late Hollywood producer Robert Evans reminds us: "There are three sides to every story: my side, your side, and the truth . And no one is lying.…
Just recently, I met someone at a party who told me with unrestrained glee that psychotherapy was finished. According to him, AI would...
"When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way" - Marilyn Monroe One of the lesser known facts about Marilyn...
One of the golden rules of psychotherapy is that psychotherapists don't give 'advice'. Why is that? After all, many people coming to...
When it comes to stress and interpersonal conflict many of us deal with that by reverting to a younger sense of self. You know what I...
Lionel Ritchie has a lot to answer for. You see, back in the 80s there was a TV ad for the Halifax bank, and being an impressionable teenager, it set the standard for how I wanted my life to be. In the ad, the guy wakes up in his cool loft apartment - by himself - and realises he has no milk in the fridge. His cat gives him a reproachful look, but at least has a brand new debit card, which means…
A couple of years back, I wrote a blog titled, ‘Time To Abolish Boarding Schools?’ It was less of a question more of a statement, and I...
‘One without a myth is like one uprooted, having no true link either with the past, or with the ancestral life which continues within...
We can all agree that there are rockstars, and then there are the Rolling Stones. Who’d imagine that they’d be still at it with the...
After three marriages, numerous high-profile lovers, and seven years of celibacy, the actress, producer, and activist Jane Fonda, now...
Andy Warhol - Been there, seen the screen print portraits, and have the fridge magnet. And yet, I am always blown away by a life-size...
Before I knew anything about psychotherapy, there was one film I returned to again and again to get me through the vicissitudes of life....
New Year, new you! So goes the popular trope of every supermarket magazine as January 1st comes around again. It is an appealing idea,...
With the Christmas season upon us, I thought it would be fun to revisit The Cinderella Complex, a best-selling self-help book from the...
Forget Omicron, booster jabs and illicit Christmas parties, the conversation starter of the moment, said in excited knowing tones has to...
"How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole." - C. G. Jung Behind the...
In her most recent book, Love of My Life:The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury , the writer Lesley-Ann Jones sets out to explore the...
One of my guilty pleasures is the therapy meme. Clever and deceptively spot on, their appeal is in their low tech approach which manages...
What makes us human? We can all agree that humans are vast, complex, and anomalous, but as we enter the second decade of the 21st...
With his death from cancer at just 59, I’ve been reflecting on the impact and legacy of the singer and model Nick Kamen. Here was a man...