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Loving Choice

24 April 2025

I am writing this whilst listening to the final act of La Traviata, one of Verdi’s finest works and ostensibly an opera all about love. The final act always brings me to tears (much to the embarrassment of my family!), Violetta’s final note before she dies always touches my heart and soul and creates a very confusing but warm and fulfilling emotion in me. What is the point of all this I hear you all cry in desperation? Well, as I have said before, if you will indulge me, I will explain… I am having a spurt of energy … Read more

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

12 March 2020

I have just emailed all of my clients the below message around Coronavirus. Not much more to add really, but felt it was worth putting onto my site somewhere.   Dear As I am sure … Read more

Business Practicing?

25 February 2020

I am not a businessman. Ask any of my clients who have been coming to see me for any length of time and they will confirm this to you. I don’t understand marketing much beyond … Read more

Questionable Qualifications

28 January 2020

I stumbled across an interesting video on the BBC website this morning which asked the question ‘Can anyone call themselves a therapist or counsellor’. The common sense answer to this is ‘no’, obviously someone must … Read more

12 in 7

20 January 2020

I read with sadness and a truly heavy heart that an investigation into treatment of eating disorders in the NHS is such that at least twelve people have died in the last seven years because … Read more

Even the Best Things Tend to End

14 January 2020

January is a funny month for psychotherapists. They can be manic sometimes, enquiries near enough every day and several new clients can appear in the same week. Sometimes – and this is true of this … Read more

Attachment and Therapy – How Does it Work?

10 January 2020

As part of the 12 Step programme, people with addiction issues are asked to define someone or something as a ‘higher power’. This could be God (of whichever form or description you choose), or someone … Read more

1 in 4

10 January 2020

A client greeted me this morning with a cheery, ‘happy new decade’ as they walked into my office. I was a bit distracted as I was concentrating making their usual coffee as it was said, … Read more

Moments in Time

22 November 2019

I can’t recall the film, but I am sure I saw something once where there was a monologue that lamented about ‘moments in time’ and how things can change quickly and unexpectedly in life. It … Read more

Dr Gary Wood

30 August 2019

Please note this was written on 19th August 2019, but I have only just had time to upload it onto here. I was not expecting to write anything this week, I am on my holibobs … Read more