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Dec 20, 202317 min read

FUNGILIST MASSIVE!

Have you heard about the mental health benefits of psychedelics and want to know more?

Aug 2, 20222 min read

Do You Feel Like a Social Chameleon? Maybe It's Your SUPER POWER!?

“Other people seem to have this fixed personality that’s the same regardless of who they are with, whereas I feel like I completely...

Apr 29, 20223 min read

Am I Doing Therapy Right?

Coming to therapy can be daunting. As a client, you are on the spot, the focus is on you. This can feel really uncomfortable at first. It...

Nov 9, 20213 min read

Thinking About Climate Anxiety

While updating my website recently, I was thinking about the client issues that, as a therapist, I have worked with or am likely to...

May 24, 20212 min read

Yalom: Creating a New Therapy for Each Client by Mike Swift.

Irvin Yalom is a Stanford emeritus professor of psychiatry, psychotherapist and author who’s spent most of his life working in the San...

Apr 26, 20212 min read

The Societal Normalisation of Self-Harm by Mike Swift.

Even as a trained counsellor, with years of personal therapy, I still slip into patterns of behaviour that aren’t good for me. Taking...