I saw something today that, again, made me sigh with a kind of sadness. A parent claiming their child is their best friend and it made...

I have often heard people say that we learn from experience, but it is not the experience itself that teaches us but the thinking we do...

I am a thinker, I like to think, actually I absolutely love to think. Not all my thinking is useful though and sometimes I think myself...

Supervision is not just about monitoring and checking that my work is ethical, safe and appropriately focused on the client, it is also...

I will be fifty next year and have only just started to feel comfortable in my skin. I still have moments when I look in the mirror and...

I was asked yesterday how play in therapy works. I have got so used to play as a communication that I found it hard to explain. Often...

As a counsellor I believe when we allow children and young people to engage in messy play we are metaphorically showing them that we can...

Not like me! She leaned across and looked at me; I stared into her eyes, T’was like looking in a mirror, only she was in disguise. My...

I have been thinking a lot about my own self-care, what helps me to look after myself when faced with such challenging times as we are at...

Being a supervisor does not mean that I have all the answers, being a supervisor does not mean I am better than anyone but that I have...

Being a counsellor means often I gotta sit in the emotional dark with another, sometimes I gotta listen to sad or terrifying stories of...

I love the learning and the opportunity to support the personal and professional growth and development of others who do therapeutic work...

I am qualified to work with adults as well as children and adolescents though most of my work is with children. I love to think with...

Hindsight is sometimes a shame making thing. When I first had children I followed the rules I had learned from my own up bringing, I had...

1. I listen to each child in their mode of communication whether through play, with words or in their actions. 2. I work hard to be aware...

This morning I was thinking about the different roles we all play in life and the agendas we often have to fulfil in these roles. I...

Children will often share their stories in their play. As a counsellor I witness their story and reflect on feelings they are expressing...

I came to education late at the grand age of 32 when I was invited to do some taster courses for single parents that the government were...

The image accompanying this blog is one taken of me and my children about 18 years ago! The questions I ask in the following are those...

I was a very serious being when I was a child. I thought I had stopped playing when I was a teenager but on reflection I realise that...