Tag Archives: psychotherapy
Beasts of our own making: the buyers’ market and identity politics.
Do we pay greater attention to the psychic lives of others in order to validate the idea that our own “otherness” is our own property? Or do we paradoxically invalidate our identities by being drawn to the ever-present public voices … Continue reading
Eyes Turned Skywards: When Hope Against Hope is Not Enough
‘For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.’ Leonardo Da Vinci Ever since I was a teenager, I have been … Continue reading
The Time Traveller’s Knife
I have a secret: I have a superpower. I can travel in time. I need no police box, no DeLorean. I slip backwards and forwards with ease. Now we are mid-January and the demarcation between this year and the last … Continue reading
Layer Cake: Misery, Meditation and the Panic Monster
[TW: some content inappropriate for those in a precarious state] I am in a state: I am in sea of agitation and panic. It is easy to see, but impossible to tame. I can’t make decisions. I can’t speak fluently. … Continue reading
Gulliver Unravelled 