A Question (and an Answer)

Not one but two Guardian articles today – the first posing  the (humorously expressed) question of who reads so-called ‘misery memoirs’, and why? and another story detailing the life of somebody who has just produced one such memoir. I don’t know if it is mere coincidence that these stories appear together on the Guardian’s website, [...]

You Have the Power

An article on the Guardian’s website today makes for interesting reading (if you like that sort of thing), but it’s the headline that particularly moved me to write about it. Can Meditation Stop Me Getting Angry? asks the journalist, as she describes an experience of meditation which does, it seems, lead to a change in [...]

The Vital Signs of Depression

In my experience of practice work so far, depression is a primary reason for many clients starting a course of counselling or psychotherapy. And according to this article, which outlines the signs and symptoms of the condition, 15% of the population have experienced it. There are still huge cultural myths surrounding depression, though, and a [...]