The New Statesman - 21st July 2003 I've worked as a psychotherapist for over 20 years. In that time, there haven't been too many traumas, apart from the day I fell off my own chair and had to re-interpret my position. But there have been ample traumas about...
When You Haven't Been Having Sex for Some Time…. Published in Aura Magazine 1st July 2003 Sun, sea, sand and hopefully sex? That's the implicit promise of the travel brochures. But it does depend on the co-operation of the travelling public. Imagine a day on a...
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Published in The Independent 17 June 2003 When I was an advice columnist for the News of the World, the problems did not come only from the readers. I found myself under increasing pressure to angle the page toward the perceived tastes of the readership. The...
Emotional Time Lords have the power to travel from our past lives and wreak havoc in the present. But unlike Doctor Who, you don't need a Tardis to escape. Published in The Observer August 25, 2002 'Ian', a middle-aged politician who normally copes successfully with his peers,...
We share the pain of the bereaved, but there is so little comfort we can give Published in The Observer August 18 2002 No death is more sad. Parents don't expect their children to die. Imprinted in every mother and father is the confident hope that we will...
Published in Choice Magazine – 1st July 2002 DOS AND DON’TS Get accommodation if possible with a spare bed or bedroom, or a usable sofa. Sleeping habits vary a lot. Some people want to go to bed with the dusk; some with the dawn. Some like hard...
Press release: Published 1st June 2002 - BACP Recently, an anonymous patient sued the NHS because she wasn't offered counselling after an abortion. Nor was she warned that psychological complications could follow the operation. This legal action raises issues of vital concern to patients, counsellors, the NHS and tax-payers. Few people relish...
Notes towards an article 15th January 2002 What's wrong with soccer is soccer (and what's right with rugby is rugby). It is too often said that the problems with soccer are social. I would rather say the trouble with soccer is soccer. The game is riddled with violence, corruption, thuggery,...
Published in The Independent May 4th 2000 Persephone, Lily, Daffodil, Crocus, Forsythia and Rose. Remember these names - if your senescent brain is up to it. Scientists say these six cloned cows with their floral nomenclature have cells which are biologically younger than those of newborns....