In Charles Dickens‘s classic festive story, A Christmas Carol (and in the Muppet version of same which is compulsory viewing in our house at this...
This long read covers what we know about mental health, and why I think that distinguishing between those who are, and are not, mentally ill,...
People who read my blogs and other writing will know that one of the things I’m heavily into is mindfulness. This is, broadly speaking, the practice...
Following the news reports over the last few days I, like many people, have struggled over what, if any, response I can make that would...
Last week somebody sent me an email which really pleased me. They are writing a non-fiction book and asked for my advice about this. For...
This week is depression awareness week (11-17 April). The most important thing I have to say in relation to depression is about self-care. Towards the...
In 2010 Darren Langdridge, Andreas Vossler and I published a textbook which brought together experts on all different types of counselling to say how their approaches would...