Psychotherapist London
Thinking & Writing
On psychotherapy, the inner life, and the work of change.
Disorganised Attachment Style: What It Is, Why It Develops, and How Therapy Helps
Of the four attachment styles described in developmental psychology (secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, and disorganised) disorganised attachment …
Read more →
Eating Disorders and Addiction in Athletes: The Obsessive-Compulsive Thread
Elite sport selects for exactly the traits that, taken too far, become an illness: discipline, self-denial, the ability to override the body’s signals and keep …
Read more →
What is Righteous Indignation? A Jungian Perspective
Righteous indignation is the feeling of moral outrage in response to perceived injustice. It is one of the most energising emotional states available to human …
Read more →
A Jungian View of Eating Disorders: Marion Woodman and the Hunger Beneath the Symptom
Most eating disorder treatment focuses, for good reason, on behaviour. The priority is to restore weight, break the cycle of restriction or bingeing, and keep …
Read more →
The History of Hazelden: How a Minnesota Farmhouse Changed the Treatment of Addiction
Few places have shaped the way we treat addiction as much as Hazelden. It began in 1949 as a quiet house in rural Minnesota. Over the next seventy-five years it …
Read more →
The History of the Twelve Steps: From Alcoholics Anonymous to Narcotics Anonymous and Overeaters Anonymous
The Twelve Steps are one of the most influential ideas in the history of addiction recovery. They began in one fellowship, for one problem, drink, and went on …
Read more →
Finance: The Golden Cage
Few cages are as comfortable, or as hard to leave, as a career in finance. From the outside it is the picture of success. From the inside, a great many of the …
Read more →
In His Shadow: The Hidden Cost of Supporting Someone Else's Career
Behind a great many high-flying careers stands someone whose own ambitions were quietly set aside. She is rarely mentioned in the success story, and almost …
Read more →
Alexithymia: When You Cannot Find Words for What You Feel
There is a particular kind of suffering that rarely gets named. It is not depression exactly, though it often accompanies it. It is not anxiety, though tension …
Read more →