A Gestalt counsellor's view on.....rules, risks and relationships
The proposition that "there are no rules" is one of Gestalt theory's most famous aphorisms. In my view, paradoxically perhaps, this...
5 Brief Reflections on the Death of an Elderly Parent
When, at the age of 36, I lost my father, I started to feel as though the world was divided into those who had lost a parent and those...
5 Brief Descriptions of Family Estrangement
What is estrangement? The Cambridge Dictionary defines “estranged” as “lacking interest in and no longer close or friendly with someone,...
A Gestalt counsellor’s view on… going out into the world again post-lockdown
The other day, I made my first journey outside London for over 7 months. I went with friends to visit the Essex coast at Bradwell-on-Sea...
A Gestalt counsellor’s view on…..how do we live our lives in the midst of a pandemic?
“You can’t see the water you’re swimming in.” is a phrase which comes to my mind when I think about how our lives have changed in 2020...