
Building Walls vs Building Trust: The Architecture of Our Emotional Lives
We often build walls when what we truly need is to build trust. These walls feel like protection, but ultimately isolate us. The paradox: walls promise safety but deliver confinement, while trust offers a more profound form of security.

Why a Square? The Meaning Behind the New Logo
A quiet reflection on the new square logo and how it symbolises the therapeutic frame: a steady, containing space where something real can unfold.

The Internal Cookie Cutter: Why You Might Feel Like You’re Failing at Being Yourself
Many of us live with a quiet pressure to be calm, capable, and in control — even when it costs us. In this article, I explore the idea of the “internal cookie cutter”: the rigid mould we unconsciously try to fit, where it comes from, and how therapy can help us soften it.

Therapy Isn’t About Fixing You. It’s About Understanding You
Therapy isn’t about fixing you. It’s about understanding why you feel the way you do — and what it might mean.

Why Do I Struggle to Talk About How I Feel?
Not all feelings come with words. But that doesn’t mean they’re not trying to speak.

Therapy for Mental Health: Cultivating the Inner Capacities That Help Us Thrive
Mental health isn’t just the absence of illness — it’s the presence of inner strengths. This post explores how therapy helps us grow the capacities that support long-term wellbeing.

New Research Highlights Benefits of Psychoanalytic Therapy for Depression Linked to Childhood Trauma
The researchers found that patients reporting higher levels of childhood trauma showed greater improvement in depressive symptoms when treated with psychoanalytic therapy compared to those who received CBT.

Leadership and Mental Health: Why Leaders Struggle in Silence
Dispensing emotional support to your team whilst also grappling with your own emotional difficulties can feel like an unending uphill struggle.

Rewriting the Code: How Psychodynamic Therapy Helps Us Understand Our Early Programming
Your inner code was shaped before you could choose it. Psychodynamic therapy helps you understand where it came from — and how to change it.

The Limits of Short-Term Therapy: Why 8 Sessions Often Isn’t Enough
If short-term therapy didn’t feel like enough, you’re not alone. This article explains why deeper work can take more time — and why that’s okay.