Mental Health, Mindfulness and Life Reflections
Is Counselling Therapy a Form of Paid Friendship?
I heard someone complain once: “I want my friends to listen and my therapist to give my advice. But it…
The Logic of Burn-Out: Why We Tolerate the Intolerable
I notice a pattern among clients who suffer from burn-out. In the clutch of demanding responsibilities, people fear that everything…
How to Find The Right Therapist
Finding the right therapist can be a tricky business. It’s hard to know where to start. If you have never…
I Love Coffee, and By That Very Fact, The World
Thomas Merton once wrote: “I love beer, and, by that very fact, the world.” This statement is at once whimsical…
Simplicity: Sanity in Mad Times
I meet clients who come to therapy when they are hanging by a thread. Their careers are unforgiving, academic pressures unrelenting.…
Nature and Mental Health: The Call to Come Home
I am standing by the harbour, peering past the sailboats and skycrapers into the mountains in the distance. A bar…
“I know. . . but. . .”: Notes for Those Who Wrestle with Themselves.
In my clinical practice, I often meet clients who are at odds with themselves, caught between one commitment and another.…
Mental Health in the Dark: How to Cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder
Festive lights during the holiday season brighten up the long cold nights, but the shorter days can dampen our moods…
Can’t Sit Still? What To Do With Restlessness in Meditation
Every meditator experiences ebbs and flows in practice. There are times when awareness arrests us, engulfing us in crystalline stillness.…