What therapy with a counselling psychologist who spent 25 years in finance can offer. Common patterns in the industry and how to work with them.
How a thorough, neuro-affirming adult autism assessment works in London. What each session covers, what the report contains, and what changes.
What you can ask in ten minutes, what I'm listening for, and what happens after. From a London-based counselling psychologist.
Schema therapy or CBT? A counselling psychologist trained in both compares what each does best, where they overlap, and how to choose the right approach for you.
What coercive-control relationships leave behind, what therapy can address, and where specialist services are the right first step instead.
What changes when a late ADHD or autism diagnosis meets a built finance career. From a counselling psychologist who has worked in both.
A short introduction to EMDR therapy, with two brief orientation videos and a guided Safe Place audio you can listen to between sessions.
What the yips are, how EMDR can help free a stroke that has stopped trusting itself, and a guided audio to rehearse playing the golf you love again.
Books, courses, and free self-help resources I recommend for autistic and ADHD burnout, narcissistic relationships, boundaries, heartbreak, dating, schema therapy, and managing anxiety and low mood.
Five simple, evidence-based skills for grounding yourself when emotions feel overwhelming — including a guide to making your own Self-Soothing Care Box.
A psychologist's evidence-based guide for women assaulted at university or when reporting felt impossible: the law on alcohol and consent, every pathway in England, and what survivors say it is really like.
From a therapist's experience: why anyone about to take stress leave, or signed off because of a toxic workplace, should get employment-law advice before resigning.
A former actuary on why she recommends the free Rebel Finance School — especially for anyone whose finances were controlled by a partner, or who is held in place by financial abuse or debt.
Why standard productivity advice fails the ADHD brain, and a five-part system built on positive reinforcement — with the apps, tools, and a 10-minute setup that make it run.
A counselling psychologist's honest review of the academic evidence on body doubling for ADHD — what the studies actually found, the theory underneath it, and where the evidence is genuinely thin.
The real energy cost of AI-assisted therapy, the ethics that deserve the worry, and the harder question: what happens to therapy when AI this cheap gets this good.
Why neurodivergent brains struggle to fall and stay asleep, what helps first, and an honest, research-based look at melatonin and the low-dose 'microdosing' approach.
How a counselling psychologist tells when open-ended therapy will not yet land, and starts with stabilisation or pre-therapy instead — the questionnaires, the triage, and what the evidence says helps when you feel too low, too sceptical, or too guarded to begin.
A psychologist's plain-language guide to perimenopause symptoms, why falling estrogen can worsen ADHD, a symptom checklist to take to your GP, and an honest look at HRT and testosterone (AndroFeme) — written by a psychologist, not a doctor.
A counselling psychologist's practical UK guide to helping a friend who is drinking too much: the safety point that comes first, why the confrontational intervention is the weakest approach, the evidence-based CRAFT alternative, and the NHS and community services that can help.
A counselling psychologist's calm, practical UK guide to early signs of dementia in an older relative: the treatable causes worth ruling out, how to raise it without a row, the GP and memory-clinic pathway, and the legal groundwork to do while you still can.
A counselling psychologist, not a doctor, on what the research does and does not show for psilocybin in treatment-resistant depression and trauma, the difference between microdosing and supervised high-dose therapy, the UK legal reality, and why none of this is advice.
Why so many capable, successful adults with ADHD carry a harsh inner voice that treats every struggle as a moral failing, where it comes from, and how a schema-informed, compassion-focused approach helps you stop holding yourself to a neurotypical standard.
Meditation apps like Headspace can help with everyday stress and sleep, but for people recovering from childhood trauma, mindfulness needs care. What the evidence shows, why meditation can make things harder, and how to use an app safely alongside trauma therapy.
A counselling psychologist's guide to supporting a family member or friend who is withdrawing because of depression or anxiety: why pushing backfires, what helps when they refuse support, the suicide warning signs that matter, and what to do if you are worried.
A counselling psychologist, not a doctor, on what the research does and does not show for the supplement SAM-e in depression, the serious safety caveats (bipolar and serotonin syndrome), the UK regulatory picture, and why none of this is medical advice.
Why mornings are genuinely harder for an ADHD brain (melatonin arrives around 90 minutes late), what helps before you reach for an app, and an honest review of Focusmate, Flow Club, money-stakes apps, and ways to find a gym or Couch to 5K buddy.
Why an AI assistant may suit an ADHD brain for planning and tracking the working day, the confidentiality cautions that come first, how it compares with Motion and Trello, and a practical set of prompts to set it up.
A counselling psychologist on why leaving a relationship, good or bad, can feel like drug withdrawal: the brain imaging behind the comparison, the truth about the viral 'nine weeks of oxytocin withdrawal' claim, and what helps.