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Anna Freud: What are Developmental Lines

One of Anna Freud's major original contributions to child psychotherapy. They form the basis of assessing the physical, emotional, and social development of a clild.

Should You Be Better Or Be Different

It can take a lifetime to answer this question for yourself. It is often easier to see the answer for others. Be different.

Ithell Colquhoun. The Second Adam. The Unconscious, Transformation, and Psychotherapy.

A psychotherapist reacts to an exhibition by surrealist painter Ithell Calquhoun (1906-1988).

Everyone Wants To Be Indispensable

We all want to feel needed, but it can end up being a trap that can slowly destroy us and our relationships.

We Are The Sum Of Our Experiences

Everything that has ever happened to us has had an influence on who we are.

Why Men Don't Go To Therapy

I am the first person in my family to go into therapy. I often wonder how my life might have been different if I went to therapy as a child.

Do You Need to Forgive Your Parents to Heal?

Do You Need to Forgive Your Parents to Heal?

The ABCD of Boarding School Syndrome

The possible long term effects of attending boarding school.

Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. Book Note.

My score: 10/10. I discovered this book on productivity in 2021 and have reread it several times since. A must if you ever find yourself wondering where your time disappears to. And what you can do about that. The new mantra is ‘Less But Better’.

Tao Te Ching: The Book Of The Way by Lao Tzu - Book Note

My score: 10/10 This book is over two thousand years old and can be considered one of the classics of the spiritual texts. It contains 81 meditations on the nature of the Tao.

What Names do you have for Feelings

Knowing more words for feelings will help describe feelings as they arise. They can be the key to mindful living.