This conference, superbly chaired and organised by Dr Finian Fallon, Dean of Psychology at City Colleges, Dublin, was the most important psychotherapy event I have attended for a long time. Notably occurring a few days after the Minister for Health signed off legislati...

So, 2018 starts with a storm; one of a record 13 predicted in October to ‘hit’ Ireland during the autumn/winter. Given our impact on climate change, it strikes me as very fitting that we personify storms with human names. This one we are calling Eleanor, which means ‘o...

When I was recently teased about my profile picture, I thought that might make a humorous and light-hearted topic for an inaugural blog post. Something comical, so that my first post wouldn’t put anyone off through being too heavy and serious. However, whilst I hope to...

Welcome to this occasional blog, where events, happenings and other phenomena will be viewed through a broadly psychotherapeutic lens. I suspect I will ask more questions than provide answers; reflecting and teasing things out. I hope that this blog will help me to cla...