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If I Hear the Word “Narcissist” One More Time, I May Actually Scream
We live in an age where psychological language has morphed into cultural weaponry. Terminology once confined to clinical settings now features widely on social media. Gaslighting. Trauma bond. Toxic. Boundary violation. Narcissistic abuse. A measure of psychological...
Why Change Is So Hard
The woman sitting before me is intelligent, competent, well-educated, and financially independent. She appears to have a solid career. Her children are from a previous relationship. She doesn’t rely on her partner for money. Although there is no overt physical abuse,...
Over a Century of Psychotherapy: Are We Improving?
In 1982, American psychologist James Hillman issued a pointed challenge to his own profession. In We’ve Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy and the World’s Getting Worse (co-authored with Michael Ventura), he argued that despite a century of psychological insight,...
A Year of Yes
I took some time off toward the end of 2025. It wasn’t the kind of holiday respite where I spent time catching up on reading or planning out my year ahead. For once, I actually made a conscious effort to stop striving and stop envisioning my life as a “project” in...
This Is For You
Some people are born storytellers. But I think of myself as a story-catcher. Someone with a calling to listen to the stories others tell. I listen. I wait, with ears and heart open, for that brief, unguarded moment when someone risks opening the door of their heart...
Are We “Sick” or Just Human?
There’s a paradox at the heart of modern mental health. We’ve never had more labels for our pain and more available resources, yet an increasing number of people are experiencing mental illness. In Australia nearly 43% of adults have met the criteria for a “mental...
Can Traditional Therapy Keep Up?
You’re experiencing real-life emotional challenges. You’ve got big-time stress and lingering relationship tensions that you can’t seem to solve. Your calendar and your nerves are at capacity. You want change you can feel, and you want it now. And if you take the time...
Exciting News! New Clinical Trial Approval Granted
I am delighted to announce the approval of my new clinical research study, ‘What Good Can One Session Do? An Exploratory Mixed-Method Study of Family Systemic Constellation Therapy in Individual Sessions in Adult Clients Presenting with Symptoms of Generalised...
Beyond EQ
For decades, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) has been hailed as the missing piece in leadership, relationships, and personal growth. Popularised by Daniel Goleman in 1995, EQ offered a radical shift toward acknowledging that we humans are not just thinking machines but...
Presence Participates
Most of us are trained to see the world in material terms. We define reality by what we can see, touch, and measure. Evidence, data, and tangible results have long been considered the gold standard of truth. This conditioning runs so deep we often dismiss anything...