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03/09/2025•Therapeutic Process

Why Therapy Isn't Working

You're doing everything right and still getting nowhere. Not because therapy doesn't work, but because you're having it about your life, not in it.

21/08/2025•Therapeutic Process

Croydon Talking Therapies: Understanding What's Actually on Offer

Your GP mentioned "talking therapies" and handed you a leaflet. The NHS website has reassuring language about "evidence-based psychological therapies....

15/08/2025•Therapeutic Process

The Great CBT Experiment: How We Turned Mental Health Into a Production Line

Since 2008, the NHS has treated over a million people annually through IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). It's been called a "world-b...

14/04/2025•Therapeutic Process

Why a Square? The Meaning Behind the New Logo

You might notice things look a little different around here. The new logo on my website is subtle. Just the words "Talk to Luke" and a simple square....

31/03/2025•Therapeutic Process

Therapy Isn't About Fixing You. It's About Understanding You

You've been trying to fix yourself for years. Maybe decades. You've read the books, tried the apps, implemented the morning routines. And you're exhausted.

09/04/2023•Therapeutic Process

Rewriting the Code: How Psychodynamic Therapy Helps Us Understand Our Early Programming

You've been living someone else's script and calling it your personality. These aren't traits - they're survival strategies from before you could speak.

10/01/2023•Therapeutic Process

The Limits of Short-Term Therapy: Why 8 Sessions Often Isn't Enough

You've probably been there. Six sessions in, just starting to trust your therapist, and they're already talking about "endings" and "consolidating you...

23/01/2020•Therapeutic Process

What Psychodynamic Therapy Actually Does: Beyond Surface Solutions

You've done CBT three times. Got a drawer full of anxiety worksheets. Still stuck in the same patterns. The problem was never your thoughts.

08/09/2017•Therapeutic Process

I Need Counselling; Should I Go Private?

You're asking the wrong question. The question isn't whether you should go private. The question is whether you can afford to keep waiting for a syste...