Notes on Therapy

Meet Ikea, psychotherapist

Assembling furniture for the first time in your life = being in your body = quietening the noise in your head.

Dec 15, 2023 •

On therapeutic witnessing

How do we witness another's unbearable pain?

Oct 20, 2023 •

🗝️ Sanity Classics: Diagnosis - angel or demon?

Mental health diagnoses are often attacked for being unscientific, oppressive, and prone to abuse. But for many, they remain the only route to dignity…

Jul 21, 2023 •

Big read: The untold story of how therapists turned leaders

A story for the ages.

Jun 30, 2023 •

The eight discomforts of being a therapist

What your shrink won't tell you.

Dec 9, 2022 •

The archaeology of depression

Five years ago - when mental health wasn't 'hot' - I started a public diary of depression. It changed my life.

Sep 30, 2022 •

Why therapy can't laugh at psychiatry - Part 2

Psychiatry is in crisis. Is this a chance for therapy to claim moral superiority? Erm, no. Final part of a two-part story.

Sep 23, 2022 •

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