Labyrinth

My first time walking a labyrinth (a path designed in a sequential pattern leading into the centre and back out again) was high up on a mountain in New Zealand. Traditionally you think of a question or meditate on an idea as you walk. However it is also interesting to...

When Therapy Gets Challenging

I often find myself telling clients that things may feel worse before they feel better Therapy isn’t easy to describe. Therapy can get challenging. It’s not like a manicure where the results are immediate. It’s more like a workout: requires effort to...

Our Identity

In these digital times, we can create our own online identities. This may be different to our identity in person. We become the perfect tweeter, entrepreneur, online date or blogger. The internet is the perfect platform to try out our perfect online persona. I’m...

Transition

Any transition is the beginning of a process of change. It involves the ending of one phase and the beginning of another. We all have times in our lives when circumstances change: redundancy break up of a relationship new job career change parenthood new relationship...

What Is Attachment?

Attachment is a popular word. We talk about children who have “attachment issues” – but what does this actually mean? John Bowlby: attachment theory John Bowlby, created attachment theory in the 1960s. After studying infants and their mothers he found it useful...