Why Come to Therapy? Why seek coaching or counselling? Something is not right in life. Something in your experience of it is troubling you. Perhaps you can’t get near the goals you’ve set for yourself, or your relationships are beset…
[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Video”][/siteorigin_widget] Summary Three Brains: Balancing the Left and Right Hemispheres for a Healthier Life It could be argued that we have three brains: the right hemisphere, the left hemisphere, and the many neurons in our gut—equivalent in number to…
[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Video”][/siteorigin_widget] Transcript A Brief Talk About Children of Cluster B Parents Hi, I wanted to talk a little bit today about the challenges of being the child of someone with a Cluster B personality disorder. This topic has come up…
Mind, Conscious and Unconscious In the course of my work as a therapist, I am often talking to clients about the difference between conscious and unconscious mind. Many people have never even considered that such a division exists, and would…
[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Video”][/siteorigin_widget] Understanding Complexes and Subpersonalities: Pathways to Healing and Wholeness Today, I’m exploring the psychotherapeutic concept of complexes or subpersonalities—terms I use interchangeably. These ideas originate from Jungian psychology and have been further developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz in…
[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Video”][/siteorigin_widget] Welcome to Psychofiles Welcome to the first episode of Psychofiles, a new video/podcast series discussing matters of the mind. In this first episode I talk about relationships and where we go wrong and how we might prevent ourselves…
Or Why Therapists Should Not Affirm I have read many mission statements from various charities and media outlets recently that all revolve around the premise that one should ‘be allowed to be yourself’, or ‘provide a space to be your…
The impact of Technology on Human Psychology The last 25 years have seen unprecedented change in technologies and fundamentally altered human behaviour, yet we have barely begun to assess the impact of technology on human psychology and development. E.O.Wilson, biologist…
(and the illusion of communication) I make it my own rule not to react with emotion online, to stay reasonable and to always attempt to bring out the best in people who disagree with me, it is a spiritual and…
Current research into the microbiome of the gut and its relationship to the brain sheds light on the lifestyle-mental health links Merely a handful of years ago, most of us were told bacteria were bad. We now know we rely…
