Subject headings will link to the articles as they are published.
Beginning Therapy
Understanding what therapy is and how it starts
1 | Inside the First Assessment Session (Adults)
What happens in the first session and how to prepare
2 | Assessment for Children
What to expect when you bring your child
3 | What to say to your child before the first session
How to prepare your child to start therapy
4 | Confidentiality
What is kept private, what isn’t, and why it matters
Therapy for Adults
Exploring inner experience and emotional life
5 | Adult Psychodynamic Therapy
How it works, what it explores, and how it can help
6 | Transference & Countertransference
Why the therapeutic relationship matters
7 | The Role of Silence in Therapy
When nothing is said — and why that can be important
8 | “What if I Don’t Know What to Talk About?”
Common worries and how therapy unfolds
9 | Why Therapy Can Feel Hard… and Why That’s Not a Bad Sign
Understanding emotional discomfort as a meaningful part of growth and healing.
10 | How Therapy Helps You Feel Internally More Stable
How therapy supports emotional regulation and a stronger sense of self.
11 | Why a Planned Ending Is So Important
Why endings matter in therapy and how they help make sense of change, separation, and loss. (Adults & Children)
Making Sense of Emotional Difficulties
For Adults
18 | What Causes Anxiety?
Explaining the route of fear and how we inadvertently maintain it
19 | What are the Underlying Reasons for Depression?
How depression reveals struggles in our internal world
20 | The Route of Self-Criticism
How harsh inner voices develop and how therapy helps soften them.
21 | Why Do I Become Easily Overwhelmed by What I Feel?
Understanding emotional overload and difficulties with regulation.
22 | Why Pushing Away Thoughts and Feelings Hurts You
Why avoidance often increases distress rather than reducing it.
23 | Why Do We Repeat Unhealthy Patterns?
How past experiences shape current relationships and behaviours.
Therapy for Children & Families
Supporting development, relationships, and emotional growth
12 | What happens in Parent–Infant Psychotherapy
Supporting the earliest emotional bonds
13 | How PIP Helps Your Relationship With Your Baby
Understanding Parent–Infant Psychotherapy and how it strengthens early emotional bonds.
14 | What happens in Play Therapy
How children communicate and heal through play
15 | How Play Therapy Improves Your Child’s Emotional Regulation
How children communicate and heal through play
16| How Joint Play Therapy with You and Your Child Helps
Supporting emotional health while strengthening the parent–child relationship.
17 | Why Play Is Your Child’s Language and Toys Are Their Words
How children express thoughts and feelings symbolically through play.
Supporting your child’s emotional development, behaviour, and relationships
24 | Why Does My Child Struggle With Their Behaviour?
Understanding behaviour as communication rather than ‘naughtiness’.
25 | Why Does My Child Not Want to Go to School?
Exploring anxiety, separation, and emotional stress behind school refusal.
26 | Why Does My Child Not Like Bedtimes?
Understanding fears, attachment needs, and regulation at night.
27 | Your Greatest Gift to Your Child
How emotional understanding and attuned relationships support lifelong mental health.
28 | What Can I Do at Home to Help My Child?
Practical, emotionally informed ways parents can support their child between sessions.