I was reflecting today on a number of situations in recent times where I have seen a bewildering lack of common sense from people trying to market services and products. In all such situations website and business owners fail to…
“Imagination rules the world” is a quote from Napoleon Bonaparte and I can’t think of a truer phrase from many years of observations of human behavior when working in private practice. Many clients with severe emotional problems are literally governed…
I am now booking private clients in my UK clinics and by Skype for Jan, Feb and March. If you are interested in requesting an appointment please contact me from this site and return a set of completed client notes.…
Meeting Frank Farrelly When I first met Frank Farrelly over a decade ago I was totally mystified by his approach to working with clients. I found it quite fascinating partly due to the fact that it broke all the standard…
What is duty of care? One definition of duty of care is “A requirement that a person act toward others and the public with watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would. If a person’s…
“Imagination rules the world” is a quote from Napoleon Bonaparte and I can’t think of a truer phrase from many years of observations of human behaviour when working in private practice. Imagination and group behavior Many clients with severe emotional…
This year I had an increasing number of clients referred to me after first completing a psychotherapy evaluation. I began to notice that a number of them commented that they felt significantly more distressed after the evaluation. This then led…
The Victim Mindset and Unhelpful Attention/Status-Seeking Behaviours (Updated Dec 2025) I last updated this piece in 2015, but here is another new update with a few more observations. This specific blog article about the victim mindset has probably provoked more…