The actor Rupert Everett was on the radio recently, talking about ‘the beaches of his youth’, those places we regress to when we feel a l...

As the nights draw in and the shadows lengthen, the thin place between our world and the afterlife is said to open up allowing us to conn...

Everyone has a few questions as they start psychotherapy or counselling. Here are just a few of them: LONG TERM? SHORT TERM? OR A QUICK F...

A plastic crown worn by the Notorious B.I.G for a photoshoot just days before his murder, has sold at Sotheby’s in New York at their firs...

Saturday the 28th November 1981 dawned chilly and overcast; a low, damp fog hung over Catalina Island, 85km off the southern coast of Cal...

One of my earliest memories is of being photographed when I was 2-year-old. It was a blustery day and I am standing in a neighbour’s gard...

On Radio 2 this week, the Rev Kate Bottley was talking about how the coronavirus pandemic has brought her closer to her mother and father...

There are many intriguing paradoxes about Sigmund Freud; on the one hand he typified the patriarchal values of his time and yet he deeply...

The 31st of August, 1997 started as a sunny Sunday morning, glorious in fact, the summer not yet over. I had just made my way down to bre...

For some, it is David Bowie, for others Freddie Mercury, but for me, it has to be George Michael. As a teenager, I watched him from afar,...

As a teenager, desperate for anything that would help me make sense of who I was, I would spend hours hanging out in Waterstones pouring ...

Last night on First Dates, there was a 'posh' young man, as he described himself, who was looking for love. In the pre-date interview, he...

“My nature demands that my life should be perpetual love.” - Benjamin Disraeli Throughout history, there have been many great love affair...

Therapy can be an awkward process. The idea is that two people who do not know each other come together in an unfamiliar environment. Inn...

The old adage goes that an unhappy business partnership is like an unhappy marriage but with one exception, it is cheaper to get a divorc...

When I set out to write a blog, I decided to call it ‘Ithaca’ and there is a story behind that. I have always loved Homer's epic poem The...

'As anyone knows who's been through heartbreak - you need to find your way back to your self' - Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City A br...

'We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end' - Benjamin Disraeli In my practice, I often come across pe...