October 17, 2021
During a sort out which involved the deconstruction of beds and movement of other assorted furniture, a small navy blue box was unearthed from my past. In it is a collection of silver teaspoons and sugar tongs given by my late father as a gift to my late mother for Christmas 1953. Running my fingers […]
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October 10, 2021
“Can you deliver a presentation on What Is Therapy? for Mental Health Awareness Week?” I was asked in an email recently. I sent back a reply, “Sure, that’s no problem.” What could be simpler than a therapist writing about what therapy is? When it came to it though, it was tougher than I’d imagined. What […]
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October 3, 2021
In the newspaper last week I read a report about a study that found university students this term more likely to suffer from imposter syndrome because they had won their places without sitting exams. It said that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are particularly susceptible. Whilst all this might be true the foundations of imposter syndrome […]
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September 26, 2021
“I’ve been thinking about getting a phone that’s just a phone. One you can only make phone calls on,” I tell my daughter. “You never make phone calls. You don’t like the phone,” she says. She’s right. The only thing I hardly ever use my phone for is talking to people on the phone. “Whenever […]
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September 19, 2021
“It’s the anniversary of the day we brought Daisy home today,” my daughter tells me as we’re driving out to take the dogs for a walk. A lot has happened in those four years but I can’t imagine having been through any of it without her. I’ve often thought that Daisy’s sight problems are a […]
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