I recently attended a networking event full of people from all different kinds of professions and a part of networking is telling people about what you do, and probably more importantly, how you do it. Whenever I get asked what I do for a living, the answer, 'I'm a psychotherapist' elicits all kinds of responses. Some people get really interested and want to know how I work with other people’s pain and distress, and how those people get better. In a nutshell, I support people

Life can be incredibly challenging at times. Illness, loss of work, relationship break ups, and of course, grief, will all test our resilience. But what is resilience exactly? I think this word can be a little tricky, someone in the depths of grief, depression or feeling very anxious might think they are not resilient. I don’t believe this is true though. These are just symptoms of what you are experiencing in your mind and body, they aren’t an indication of weakness. In ther

A short article about the various things we grieve for and the many losses we can feel throughout our lives.