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

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

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

Fathers, paternal control and primogeniture loom large in the life and work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Here was a...

Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales - courtesy Shanks Fine Art The 31st of August 1997 started sunny, a glorious Sunday morning in fact,...

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

As a teenager, I was desperate for anything that would help me make sense of who I was. This was the 80s and diverse role models were...

'I was remembering my breakdown at boarding school, the experience of calling home in the middle of the night, 'please can I come home,...

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

The worlds of psychotherapy and film have always been mutually reciprocal. Like film, therapy is essentially about storytelling, and a...

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

As a psychotherapist, I am always interested in what home means to people. Home is an archaic concept that has appeared in stories since...

'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...