Somatic Experiencing is sometimes difficult to explain and so, as you do, I challenged myself to explain it in less than 60 seconds.

Have you experienced trauma or PTSD? What is trauma? Our bodies are designed ebb and flow with the stresses and joys of life, our nervous...

The following is conjecture, not knowing the two men involved at all, and is based solely on my experience in working with trauma. This...

My brain and heart divorced a decade ago over who was to blame about how big of a mess I have become Eventually, they couldn't be in the...

There are two wolves, and they are always fighting. One is darkness and despair, and the other is light and hope. Which one wins? The...

"Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside of you as a result of what happens to you. It does not have to be a life...

Sometimes it's difficult, over time, to see the small and even big changes that happen in the therapy room. From time to time, it's...

"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our...

Since writing my previous boarding school blog post, a number of people have been in touch to access therapy for issues relating to their...

As a crisis volunteer for SHOUT and Bath Mind, I worked with a lot of people who were thinking about or imminently planning suicide and...

Were you ever told to 'be brave' or not to cry? It's a very common thing for parents to say to children and it's most often not said...

Lockdown is hard for us all in different ways. It curbs our freedoms, we can go stir crazy with the kids in the house 24/7 while also...

Have you ever wondered what anxiety actually is and what purpose it serves? Anxiety is the body's natural response to stress - most...

....but that's part of the process. Coming to therapy is not an easy thing. The idea of sharing your experiences or your inner thoughts...

Many, if not most of us, have grown up with a definition of forgiveness that we find difficult to come to terms with. We feel that by...

Are you emotionally Bulletproof? I attended a boarding school in South Africa from the age of fourteen until I graduated high school...

We've been tricked into thinking that we are getting a better idea of who we are. In reality, we are getting more distanced from ourselves.

Sometimes you start to think that you are in therapy to help you cope with the people in your life that should really be in therapy.

What do we mean when we talk about mental health? It's not what you might think! Mental health is not something you have or don't have.

How hard do you fight to stay inside your comfort zone? How true is this simple statement? We probably all know that we like to stay...