Reply to Virginia Ironside: Published in The Times November 22nd 2003 I would concede that Virginia Ironside is an articulate critic of therapy who has never been helped by those she has consulted. Perhaps she could not be. But who ever suggested therapy was a branch of...
Published in The Independent 7th February 2005 I think that some element of restraint and discipline is a virtue. As the saying goes: “To feast you must fast and to fast, you must feast”. However, with Ramadan and Lent I think Muslims and Christians are having too much...
Published in The Times February 12th 2005 This year my partner and I will celebrate 30 years of living in sin. In fact we’ve been happily unmarried for so long that I am thinking of applying for heritage status with the Office of National Statistics. According to official figures...
Published in The Times 31st December 2005 1. According to Naomi Campbell, supermodels do not get out of bed for less than £10,000. What’s the minimum daily wage you’d accept to work as a hospital cleaner? [Tick one] a) £0-£50 a day b) £51-£1,000 a day c) £10,001-£100,000 a day 2. A famous...
To go from fear to elation then grief is a kind of torture' From The Times January 5 2006 IN OUR culture we probably use the word trauma too lightly as we attempt to compensate for everyday loss of life. It is also true that in mining communities...
Psychotherapist Phillip Hodson explains some of the attraction of sexual self-destruction Published 24th January 2006 - The Independent Mark Oaten is not the first. He won’t be the last. Sexual self-destruction is not confined to the Liberal Democrats or to politics. We are not talking serious crimes here. We...
Published in The Times Online April 6 th 2006 I am a second year university student at Manchester Metropolitan University. My question is what strategies are there for me to enhance my application and handling of knowledge when writing coursework. My lecturers tell me that that they do not...
Published in The Independent 15th June 2006 The first and most important injunction during your partner’s pregnancy is not to go out and have an affair. She feels too large, the baby is pressing on her bladder and her heart is full of love and worry. The last...
Published The Times August 25 2006 THE first and most important rule of trauma management is to be guided by the patient. While Natascha Kampusch has undoubtedly suffered one of the worst kinds of human incarceration, there is no way of saying in advance what precise effect it will...
Published in The Times October 31st 2006 William Franklyn was a third generation actor whose smooth tones were the delight of audiences but the envy of colleagues. As a stage and film-player his strongly masculine range encompassed both spies and villains - he would have made an interesting if...