What do we mean by an internal working model? In this blog I write about psychoanalysis and psychodynamic counselling and why it is such a useful therapeutic model. Here I am looking in particular at John Bowlby’s (1907-90) internal working … Read more
What is the psychodynamic approach? Psychodynamic psychotherapy and counselling are modern names for therapy that developed from psychoanalysis and Jungian analysis. These are therapies with more than 100 years of research and development behind them. They are often caricatured as … Read more
Question: How do you judge when might be the right time to explore psychotherapy or counselling? Answer: I think often you can have an idea that there is something going on, or that something is wrong, and have the sense … Read more
The current emphasis on quick fix solutions, be that for counselling and psychotherapy, for diets or for exercise programmes is understandable but misleading. It is part of a cultural movement like Instagram and Twitter. Whereas one can be bullish about … Read more
Though the cases of men like Stuart Hall and Jimmy Savile raise up images of one particularly unpleasant type of bullying, there are other kinds of bullies too, people who like to pick on easy targets. For example the parents … Read more