Counselling and the The Reality Bug


Uncategorized

This post is about a bug in our human operating system.  It concerns the way we experience and interact with reality.  It is something I see manifested in the counselling room all the time and I believe it has huge implications not only for us as individuals but also for our societies. To start with […]

November 12, 2018

Perhaps you Should Read This. Then Again…


Uncategorized

Should and Shouldn’ts There is a word that I think is one of the most potentially harmful words in the English language. It’s a word that always leaps out at me whenever I hear it in the counselling room. And I do – often.  It’s a word many of us use and hear frequently but […]

October 29, 2018

The Spotlight of Shame


Uncategorized

This post is for anyone who has ever felt the shame of not fitting in. When I was younger the world was a baffling place but there was one mystery that confounded me more than any other: how everybody, except me, seemed to know exactly who they were and how to be. This was most […]

September 8, 2018

The Power of Listening


Uncategorized

Learning to listen to your loved ones is the single most important gift you could ever give them. I’m a qualified therapist offering counselling in Exeter and I’d like to share some oberservations that could transform your relationships and the wellbeing of those closest to you. Every day, as a qualified counsellor, I see the […]

August 21, 2018