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Articles I have written.

Loneliness, Alienation and Isolation

We all have a need to belong to something, a family, a group or something outside of ourselves, connected to the outer world and if this basic need is not met, we can feel lonely. We may think we are … Continue reading

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Identity, Personality, Roles, Sexuality and our Sense of Self.

Counselling and psychotherapy help you discover more of your own personal identity rather than what others expect you to be. Explore who you are at your core, start living more truthfully and being more real. Explore facets of your personality which need to be integrated and look at what makes up your personality, like our body, mind, feelings, sexuality, spirituality, creative or artistic imagination and curiosity as well as your unconscious motivations. Find answers to identity questions and develop a much stronger sense of yourself. Integration of all aspects of yourself, deep change and transformation may occurr. Continue reading

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Anger Management

Psychotherapy and counselling will enable people to get in touch with their anger in a healthy way, to acknowledge it and to express it constructively, rather than destructively. Exploring feelings of anger in their multi-faceted way can help people not to experience their anger in a one-dimensional way, so that we can then express ourselves in more controlled and purposeful ways. Continue reading

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Financial Stress Counselling

The recent global economic crisis has shattered many people’s sense of safety and identity.. People have become unemployed; some have lost assets accumulated over decades of hard work, others have lost their family homes and for most this has happened … Continue reading

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One Way of dealing with Psychic Pain is to somatise.

Introduction: First I shall look at this topic from the point of view that somatising is a way of dealing with psychic pain. I shall try and explain why this happens, exploring what might have gone wrong in the early … Continue reading

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Generosity and Destructiveness

Summary: This is a paper about the concepts of generosity and destructiveness. My thoughts are based on Melanie Klein’s paper ‘Envy and Gratitude’ (1957) and Bion’s ‘Attacks on Linking’ (1959). I shall explore innate love and hate, and how envy … Continue reading

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Relationship Difficulties

In relationship counselling, you may for example wish to explore some of the following themes in more depth: Your patterns of behaviour in the dynamics of your relationship or relationships. Your role in making your relationship or relationships strong and … Continue reading

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Reflections on Aspects of Depression

Introduction In this paper I shall explore aspects of depression which I feel are important, such as ambivalence, hopelessness, masochism, hostility and addictive relationships, and explain some of the dynamics behind these. I shall try and show how these feelings … Continue reading

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Depression

I have worked with many clients who have experienced depression in their lives. Experiencing depression can be a lonely and frightening place to be. Depression can be confused with sadness, unhappiness and despondency. It can be mistaken for diappointment. I … Continue reading

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Stress, Anxiety and Fear.

Stress, fear and anxiety are natural reactions to difficult situations. They are sometimes experienced as interchangable reactions inside us. They can feel immobilising or we can get caught up with worry about the past or future, which takes a lot … Continue reading

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