Why our youth’s mental health is in pieces

Why our youth’s mental health is in pieces

As therapist, in both my private client work, and in my work with young people in schools and universities, I am increasingly feeling like the boy with his finger in the dyke, trying to stop the tidal wave of mental annihilation destroying our young people. The...
Addiction is a Myth

Addiction is a Myth

I don’t believe in the notion of ‘addiction’. People don’t become ‘addicted’, they instead get dependent on a behaviour that meets their needs. By calling something an addiction, it can encourage the person demonstrating it to absolve themselves of any responsibility,...
Embrace Your Negative Emotions

Embrace Your Negative Emotions

NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO WELLBEING AND HAPPINESS Feeling Agitated, Anxious and Angry, Sad, Bad or Mad? Great!! New research has found that negative emotions are essential to well-being.A concept that Stoics and Greek Thinkers embraced way back. In our...