Waking Up From The Nightmare: My Client And I On How We Tamed Pure-O OCD
Have you ever thoughts of having sex with someone inappropriate, swerving the car off the road, or blurting out something shocking in a social situation?
The Power of Listening
Back in the 1990s when people discovered I was a psychologist, they would cast their eyes to the floor, take a step away and nervously respond ‘I hope you’re not going to analyse me’.
How To Get The Better Of Your Emotional Demons
Everybody has fear and doubts, and everybody has an internal critic threatening to sabotage them. And that includes me. So, what makes some people able to create the lives they want and others not?
5 Ways To Deal With Uncertainty Gracefully
Uncertainty is an unavoidable human experience. It lurks in the shadows, and at times it can leap out, clawing at our sense of security. Uncertainty can disorientate you, take away your sense of control. Once it has you in its grip, fear follows and sometimes dread. Feeling uncertain can be a lonely and desolate experience. It can take us to the bare bones of our existence -- but...
10 Feelings You May Not Have Heard of...But Have Probably felt
Finding the words to express our feelings helps us make sense of ourselves. And connect to others.
A Guide To Overcoming Superwoman Syndrome
The comic book heroine Superwoman first appeared in 1943 proclaiming that she was ‘all set for high adventures, excitement and romance’ – who could argue with that? But forward wind to 2016 and the term superwoman is being used to describe a woman who is...
How To Put 5 Uncomfortable Feelings To Good Use
The current obsession with the pursuit of happiness is a massive indicator that we are in emotional pain. If we didn’t feel unhappy we wouldn’t even be bothering about happiness. And this relentless focus on positivity leaves us little option other than to keep the dark side under wraps. So as a champion for all feelings, I want to show you how some of our thorniest emotions can enlighten and enrich our lives.
The Power of Vulnerability
On a recent trip abroad I found myself in Gatwick airport at 4.30am. And as I looked around at my fellow travellers, faces still crumpled from sleep, I felt what I could only describe as something bordering love
To Struggle Is To Be Human
As a psychologist I’ve had the privilege of listening to people’s stories for 20 years. That amounts to something. And one thing it amounts to is this…