One of my earliest memories is of having a photograph taken when I was about 2 years old. I am standing in a neighbour’s garden, it is a blustery day and I a...

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

There are many intriguing paradoxes about Sigmund Freud; he was a cultural patriarch who stood for the dismantling of patriarchy and a devoted father who was...

The 31st of August, 1997. It was a sunny Sunday morning, glorious in fact, the summer not yet over. I had just stumbled down to breakfast at my parents' wher...

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

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 over new book releas...

Last night on First Dates there was a young man - from a ‘posh’ background as he described himself - looking for love. In the pre-date interview, he talked a...

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

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

The old adage goes that an unhappy business partnership is like an unhappy marriage - but with one exception - it is cheaper to get a divorce than to end a b...

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 Odyssey in which hi...

'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 broken heart - few of ...

'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 people who crave meani...