December 3, 2014
Following a talk I’ve recently given at Animas London Lecture and requests from my followers who missed it, I’ve decided to write a series of blogs on that fascinating topic that is subjective communication in relationships. I’ve always been fascinated by relationships. I find the...
August 21, 2014
Have you ever been in a situation where you feel an emotion and then beat yourself up for it? I've spoken to countless clients in the past few years in my practice, and there's a theme that keeps coming back: the lack of self-acceptance especially...
July 23, 2014
I'm struck with the diagnostic for bipolar disorder. Nowadays, like depression, it's a diagnostic that's very popular and easily given and I am alarmed by the easiness with which NHS doctors jump to those conclusions and give very strong drugs to patients. I have seen...
June 23, 2014
I was reading a very interesting book by Lissa Rankin the other day in which she asks a question that made me stop and think: "If someone handed you a microphone and put you in front of an audience on the last day of your...
June 11, 2014
Have you lost a loved one recently? Do you feel numb, do you find yourself hypersensitive, crying for no reason? Have you lost all motivation? You might simply be grieving. Grief is quite a complex emotion and in our society where everything has to happen...
May 14, 2014
Have you ever suffered from panic attacks? the most common symptoms are an irrational fear, physical reactions such as heart racing, sweats and shallow breathing as well as a total loss of control. Panic attacks can hit anywhere and at any time, and it's quite...
April 24, 2014
What makes you happy? How do you define happiness? Last weekend I went away with a friends to the Dorset coast for Easter. As we were on our way, we started to talk about the meaning of life and happiness. This is a theme that...
April 15, 2014
I had a very interesting experience in one of my sessions yesterday. I'm working with a client who suffers from panic attacks, and we've made incredible progress in the past few weeks, to the point where their panic whilst being on the tube has now...
March 11, 2014
One of the very interesting observation I've made over the years in working with clients, was how often I could relate to their issues. Especially when I first started to practice, I seemed to attract people who had similar issues to mine and that always...
January 23, 2014
In Transactional Analysis, we often talk about ego states. In a nutshell, that means that at any moment you behave either from the place of the child, which represents the emotions and behaviours you use to have when you were a child, the parent, where...
