Well, that’s a tricky question; just asking it can be enough to divide a room of therapists. Added to which, there are many different types of therapy, psychoanalysis is maybe slightly out of favour, considered old fashioned and self indulgent, whilst Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) leads the developing field of new therapies promising effective short term results. It appears foolhardy to attempt to classify results from different models using a single measure, yet without such a measure how can you compare modalities? View the pictures →
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I was doing some breakfast reading recently when I stumbled upon Mariella Frostrup’s advice column in the Guardian. She was replying to a letter from a woman who was presented as having a problem with chocolate. In fact the desperate cravings, secret eating and division of days into “good or bad” (depending on what she had eaten) shouted disordered eating. I read through the response waiting for the bit where Mariella addressed this and gave out details of where the writer might get help – but no, nothing of the sort. View the pictures →
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So, the Sunday night showdown between Downtown Abbey and Homeland is on.
Personally I’m Homeland all the way; I like watching something where I’m not entirely sure of what’s going on, and I love how Carrie Mathison cries in an ugly and soul baring way that is completely devoid of any vanity. Continue reading
So, picture the scene, a bunch of pre-teen girls are playing their first national final in a Rugby tournament. It’s 130 miles away from home and only a handful of parents have made the journey to watch. They win one, lose one, and have to win the third to progress out of the group stages. They are out classed and out sized in this final match, but sheer determination and a refusal to give up see them edge into the lead, and their star player is making a run for the try line that will make victory unassailable when she is tackled and falls awkwardly with her opponent on top. Continue reading
I have in my diary that May 17th is Body Dysmorphia Awareness day, and I occasionally catch sight of a tweet to that effect, but my Google searches have not come up with anything that allows me to corroborate this for definite. So, whilst I don’t want to allude to anything that might not actually be happening, I thought it might still be worthwhile exploring Body Dysmophic Disorder (BDD), as it is often misunderstood.
The time it takes to change.. This is an informative and somewhat scientific Blog by a psychologist on why psychotherapy takes time, and why the time it takes is not predictable. What’s also great is that Dr Ceccoli also links the science to the felt experience in the relationship, really well.
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Love Affair by Leslie Kenton
Leslie Kenton describes herself as a writer, nutritionist, broadcaster, lecturer, shamanic teacher and social activist. You might know her from any of her books, TV appearances or through her work on the Origins skin care range. However she is also the daughter of Stan Kenton, the talented yet troubled (aren’t they all?) post war American Jazz musician.
Love Affair is the story of her life, her relationship with her adored father, and how at the age of 10, he raped her and began their sexual relationship which was to last for several years. View the pictures →
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Woman getting botox
Let’s face it, Botox won’t make us happier by Psychologist Jay Watts in the Guardian (11/3/13) was an excellent response to a recent and disturbing trend in academic thinking, namely that if you can’t show it, you don’t feel it. View the pictures →
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Side Effects
Side Effects is a psychological thriller, (my favourite kind of film), about Jonathan Banks, a psychiatrist (Jude Law), his depressed client Emily (Rooney Mara), and the use of anti depressants in her case.
I was using the film to illustrate a point to my supervisor yesterday, Continue reading
Luisa Dillner asked this question in the Guardian on 28th Jan, quoting from a recent study suggesting that self-help books could treat depression better than antidepressants or therapy, relatively cheaply and without side-effects. View the pictures →
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Distance running opinions: expressed.
More Hobbit than Hare
Having BPD and cPTSD are good reasons to run
The Fifty Minute Hour 