No More Gold Stars – Chapter 10: are we just drones to capitalism?
Photo by Esmonde Yong on Unsplash Walking with a friend in bright sunshine, a glorious antidote to the physical and political gloom of this particular January, I was reminded of…
Photo by Esmonde Yong on Unsplash Walking with a friend in bright sunshine, a glorious antidote to the physical and political gloom of this particular January, I was reminded of…
Image courtesy of Milad Fakurian on Unsplash I worked for a long time with a teenage client with high-functioning autism and ADHD. This was a hugely difficult but not uncommon…
Arbeit macht frei No more fucking gold stars that the teacher licked onto a chart no more verbal ability tests going off the top of the scale no more feeling…
Dungarees proving to be the ONLY way to manage the discomfort of shingles! 'We do the best we can with the resources we have available at the time.' This is…
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash The Locus of Evaluation Our rules and assumptions are about a huge range of issues. We will have them about love and marriage, parents…
In the years I have worked as a counsellor, I have heard many powerful beliefs, rules and assumptions expressed. Here is a list of some that you may hold or…
Lots of gold stars for me for making dolls! So where should we start? To a large extent, this is a record of my personal journey, what I’ve discovered and…
Recently, I was talking with someone I am very close to. We agreed that we are both very lucky and, compared with many people, we have not suffered badly through…