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I have been a psychotherapist for quite a long time now. I qualified in 2009 and before and during my four years of training, I worked in a therapeutic community surrounded by interesting and complicated mental health issues (both clients and colleagues!). Transactional Analysis has always been the solid foundation on which I have built … Read more
I got a message last night from David Rawson. I worked under David for many years at Connect Therapeutic Community in Moseley. It was my first job in the mental health field and it without doubt changed the course of my life. David informed me that Jenny Robinson, one of the people who founded Connect … Read more
As you are likely aware if you have been brave or bored enough to read my previous blogs, I am enjoying reading some of Seneca’s writings at the moment. One of the things that I am noticing is how much of modern psychology and psychotherapeutic theory has its origins in ancient philosophical writings. In one … Read more
I have been thinking about supervision quite a bit lately. I have read a few articles and seen a few things pop up on Instagram (I do Instagram now, almost like someone who likes technology!) where people are unhappy with their clinical supervisor for what seems to be a variety of reasons. I have always … Read more
Inspiration for blogs can strike at odd times and in unusual places, this one was first formed sitting on a coach heading to Stoke for a football match (that really wasn’t worth the effort of going to, getting this blog out of it was the only highlight of the day!). To pass the time I … Read more
I have a easily distracted and wandering mind. Sometimes this is quite nice, useful even, other times it is deeply annoying as I find it hard to focus and concentrate on one thing at a time. The thing I enjoy most about my brain is that it leads me towards interesting things ands help me … Read more
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 … Read more
I have taken a few days before sitting down to write this. I needed that time to get a bit of perspective and separation from the gut wrenching panic I felt when waking on Wednesday morning to see that America has inflicted what will no doubt soon be recognised as an act of national and … Read more
‘In trying to solve the terrifying problems that face us in the world today, we naturally turn to the things we do best. We play from strength, and our strength is science and technology. To contain a population explosion we look for better methods of birth control. Threatened by a nuclear holocaust, we build bigger … Read more
On a much cheerier note than the blog I posted earlier, I am so happy to announce that Elpis has its first associate counsellors!! Associates are qualified counsellors that I know professionally and are happy to sit under the Elpis umbrella. They now have their own page on the website – https://www.elpiscounselling.co.uk/associates/ – and are … Read more