People say that your adult life is shaped by your childhood experiences.
Now I have my own young children I begin to recall all sorts of nursery rhymes, songs and tunes I haven’t heard for ages. What effect did they have on me I wonder?
I’m not sure that my mum singing “The Purple People-Eater” greatly influenced [...]
Have you heard the joke?
When is the time to get empathy from a doctor?
Before they’ve gone to medical school.
Boom. Boom.
Well actually it’s not a joke at all. It’s a researched fact, and not a very funny fact either.
Evidence has been building that shows a steady decline in empathy in doctors as they go through their [...]
“There have now been six meta analyses in the last decade showing little difference between antidepressants and placebos, yet this is not commonly recognised in clinical practice.” - Medical Observer April 4 2008 pg 31
So says Professor Gordon Parker of the Black Dog Institute in Australia, who has long been a critic of “depression” as [...]
This self help website attracts readers worldwide, from the US, Canada, Australia and UK, along with about 30 other countries so far. This is the main value of this site.
A few of my readers come from Adelaide, South Australia, where I have my solo counselling practice.
There are some things I can offer locally that I [...]