July 24, 2022
I am “lurking” on Slack watching messages exchanged between other therapists. Most are uninteresting details of sessions rebooked or reassigned but the thread which catches my eye is about the fixation clients sometimes have with being given written exercises to do in order to identify what’s wrong, or help them recover. “What is this fascination […]
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July 17, 2022
On a balmy summer’s evening, Martin is round for dinner and we’re sitting outside wondering if the zoom lens on my camera is powerful enough to take a reasonable picture of the stunning moon. Deciding it isn’t we eat ice cream and stare out into the wilderness. “Your garden reminds me of your mum’s,” he […]
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July 10, 2022
We know that unlimited choice isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and it turns out that immediacy, for some of us at least, has significant downsides too. In a conversation with my son about my disinterest in almost everything on the TV coupled with weariness at sifting through the thousands of films and series […]
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July 3, 2022
What if the old adage “practice makes perfect” proved not to be true? What difference might that make to the way you decided to spend your time? In a recent episode of “Sideways” I happened to mention that I was sorry we sold my father’s record collection after he died because, even without his expert […]
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June 26, 2022
We’re eating outside in the warmth of the early summer evening while the puppy flits between digging up the raised beds and sticking her head into the honeysuckle playing fast and loose with the bees. My son and his girlfriend are discussing a mutual friend who has contracted scabies and is sensitive about the conditions […]
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