Integrating Coaching and Counselling

My friend and colleague Carolyn Mumby has recently published an interesting article in BACP’s Private Practice magazine about the integration of coaching and counselling. Along with other practitioners, I was asked to contribute and here’s the outcome....

After a while

Listening to a podcast recently, I suddenly heard someone read aloud this poem. Haven’t heard it in years and her querulous voice reminded me how evocative Veronica Shoffstall’s words are: “After A While” After a whileyou learn the subtle...

Trauma expert

Dr. Bessell van der Kolk was one of the first trauma experts who made sense to me. Here’s a piece I wrote last year about the experience of attending one of his lectures in 1998: SPEECHLESS I am speechless, horrified, pinned motionless in my chair. Grainy images...

Compelling

Do you more easily relate to having had an adverse childhood experience than childhood trauma? For some, this descriptor will be a portal to exploring the consequence of such experiences, and if your curiousity is piqued, I highly recommend this...
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