A topic I’ve written about on here quite a lot is the idea of ‘staying with’ feelings. After the Pixar movie Inside Out I wrote all about...
This weekend I saw the new Disney Pixar movie Inside Out. I’m a big fan of Pixar already, particularly because their previous films have explored...
I’ve made my first attempt at a zine! For the last few months I’ve been thinking a whole lot about the social side of mental distress. It...
This blog post has been bubbling away for a while. I want to write about the process that I’ve found helpful when struggling with difficult...
An important idea that I’ve come across in various contexts is that of embracing uncertainty. I liked it so much that I ended each chapter...
Yesterday I found myself reflecting on two different issues that I think about a lot: depression and conflict. I’m about to start writing a chapter...
On May 22nd the magazine DIVA and the mental health charity PACE held an evening event called The H-word. The H-word in question is happiness, and...
A Finnish study last week reported that people who live alone have an 80% increased risk of depression compared to those who live in families....
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,...
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...
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