When I trained in counselling, we were all encouraged to develop a kind of personal theory of how counselling might work. In fact, we learned
Tag: Poetry
Keeping your head
Sometimes everyone around you will seem to have gone just a little bit mad. It is the state of the world, that, periodically, everyone suffers
Do you want to be right or happy?
It isn’t an easy dilemma. But it’s worth thinking about. Perhaps it’s summed up in the following poem: WHICH ONE Imagine there are two possible
The therapeutic nature of writing
Writing, whether it’s a journal, a poem, a story or an article, is a therapeutic venture. You begin with a human mind, a bundle of
Kindness is bigger than you know
Kindness isn’t just a philosophy. It’s a way of life. We have a use of the word kind which means ‘of the same nature or
We need to talk about control and mess
We are obsessed, most of us, about keeping control of life. Whether it’s our diet, our relationships, our work… all the metaphors we use are
