Responsibility Taking In The Modern Age Responsibility taking, not very sexy or popular now a days. Indeed, where ever possible there seems to be a strong desire to avoid responsibility all together and simply blame someone else for our short … Continue reading →
More Psychiatrists for the NHS What About Psychotherapists In a recent article I read that there is a significant shortage of psychiatrists across the NHS. There is s shortfall in England, Wales and Scotland. There has been a government pledge … Continue reading →
Hypnosis and Columbo I found myself enjoying a guilty pleasure of mine yesterday. I enjoy 1970’s cop programmes, Kojak, Ironside, and of course Columbo. It was Columbo that I was watching yesterday. Yesterday’s episode starred George Hamilton as an evil … Continue reading →
Social Media and Terror Attacks The National Health Service has put out new guidelines regarding the use of social media in the immediate aftermath of a terror attack. In addition to people opening themselves up to unpleasant and cruel abuse … Continue reading →
Mental Health Does Not Have A Look It never ceases to amaze me that very often those leading the public discussion on mental health are not politicians nor clinicians, but rather those who are having mental health difficulties. I read … Continue reading →
Cyber-Chondria Can Be Helped With Psychotherapy In my experience as a psychotherapist, I am seeing more and more people attending therapy with acute health anxiety. I have always anecdotally linked this with the internet and the ability to research every … Continue reading →
Is Upselling The Key To Obesity I was reading an article today which has brought to light something that I think really most of us were aware of, if only through implication companies are selling us more food than before. … Continue reading →
There is a Difference Between Being a Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist A few days ago, I wrote a post called a clear delineation where I showed the differences between psychotherapy, counselling, hypnotherapy and coaching. I wrote this because I believe that … Continue reading →
PTSD Are We Doing Enough I was reading an article today which states that there have been 20 suicide attempts since the Grenfell Tower tragedy. On some level, this does not surprise me. Many of the residents of the tower … Continue reading →
Space The Not So Final Frontier Of course most of us will remember the famous introduction to Star Trek “Space the final frontier”. I was teaching over the weekend and a question that is often asked of me by student, … Continue reading →
