This is the mug that I keep in my psychotherapy consulting room, the space where I am most reflective and still. Its my favourite and no matter the drink, each sip tastes more serene when taken from this mug. Having worked exclusively online from home over the...
5 Steps to Managing Fear in these CoronaVirus Times...
As the session wraps up and the client starts to gather his or her bag and coat, that’s when the casual bombshell is dropped. Right then in that 49th minute. “I found out yesterday that it’s terminal,” or “my mum died this morning” or “this...
Written by Shahida Arabi Imagine this: your entire reality has been warped and distorted. You have been mercilessly violated, manipulated, lied to, ridiculed, demeaned and gaslighted into believing that you are imagining things. The person you thought you knew and the life you built together have...
JK Rowling knew well the power of naming the unspeakable. For in silence and secrecy, fear and its kin flourish. Naming the horrors demystifies them. When something is held up to the light, when you shake off the shrouds of secrecy and fear, you become...
For every good intention/goal, there’s a counter-voice, a quiet, whispered, naysaying voice. It’s the voice of your inner critic, your outside saboteur. It’s the voice of what or whom you lose if you achieve your goal. ...
The number of boys being treated in hospital for eating disorders is at a record high. In the last seven years, the number of boys going into hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales has nearly doubled from 235 in 2010 to 466 in 2018....
Narcissus and Echo were tragic Greek characters in a story told by the Roman poet, Ovid, in Metamorphoses. This poignant myth crystallizes the problem of relationships with narcissists. Sadly, both partners are locked into a painful drama,...
On Saturday, The New Yorker uploaded a short story to its website. Cat Person was 36-year-old Kristen Roupenian’s first piece for the American magazine and, according to The New Yorker, in three days the newcomer’s story had become the...
