In all forms of therapy, I am very insistent we establish a contract containing a clear set of goals from the outset. For sex therapy this would be: "Over x number of sessions to use a mixture of behaviour modification techniques and supportive counselling to...
I am a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling, past Chairman and Founding Trustee of the Impotence Association, a Senior Accredited BACP-Registered Independent Psychotherapist, a past Member of the British Association of Sexual and Marital Therapists and Past Member of the London Marriage...
Published in The Independent 29.11.2011 By Psychotherapist Phillip Hodson Although suicide is no longer a crime - if you failed in England and Wales before 1961 you could end up in prison - it remains a puzzle utterly disturbing to those left behind. Never more so than...
Published in The Observer 10.02.2013 By psychotherapist Phillip Hodson No wife should have to listen to her own marital profanities on tape in front of strangers. No son should have to look down on his Dad in public. The cliche about 'too much information' was surely never...
PART TWO So far and yet so near...
Published in Funeral Service Magazine February 2012 Psychotherapist Phillip Hodson looks at ways to manage stress in the profession There are some lines of work, I would argue, that impose exceptional psychological pressures. It's not easy, for instance, being a cancer doctor since a large number of...
Published in Therapy Today June 2012 Why did you become interested in counselling / psychotherapy? Being bullied at school (because I looked like Billy Bunter) taught me to puzzle out people's motives and develop a strategy for self-preservation. Later, I found that people tended to confide in...
Published in Marie Claire Magazine, Jan 2010 People who have intimate friendships, but not sex, may still be cheating, say experts. Men and women who are married or in relationships, who form a close friendship with a member of the opposite sex, may justify the new intimacy...
Published Woman and Home Magazine 2009 By Phillip Hodson Tick your likeliest answer to each question 1) The family saloon acquires a deep scrape down one side while you are out driving on your own for the day. Which of the following phrases is your partner most likely...
This document doesn't make wild generalisations about "all men". It doesn't bleat about the need for equality and diversity beyond what is fair and just. Nor does it attempt to turn boys into girls. Rather, this is a report that proceeds by reason and evidence...