Category Archives: North London Counsellor Blog

A Sycamore Tree Random acts of violence frighten and unerve us. We witness something – an act, a behaviour, which makes no sense. So we get a double fear, the act, and the inability to make sense or put the … Continue reading →

Ann Lowe calm, delicate, gentle, quiet. Dress Designer to the stars. Brought up in Alabama her grand mother born into slavery was a seamstress until she was freed in 1860. Ann was segregated while training but her work was used … Continue reading →

If you are lucky enough to go to a place which you never visited before: you will notice that you have to relearn the basics of everyday life. You have to take a new journey maybe by plane: then find … Continue reading →

Copperopolis Swansea was the centre of copper production and in its 19th Century zenith it produced most of the copper in the world. In the next few years the site will be redeveloped with a renovation of the works. The … Continue reading →

Bon Scott wild man and once lead singer of the Australian rock n roll band AC/DC. Nearly killing himself on a motorcycle, spending a year in prison, furthering his learning on the drums. But it was his powerful voice that … Continue reading →

So a traumatised Orca whale called Gladis is teaching her family to attack boats off the coast of Gibraltar. Apparently she has had a bad experience with a boat, and is practicing holing boats/damaging the rudder with her family so … Continue reading →

Catherine Leroy – the journalist you’ve never heard of. Jumping out of planes, with US troops in Vietnam she was famous for getting right in there with her photos. She was born in the suburbs of Paris on a night … Continue reading →

The argument is that Fascism is built on the avoidance of the pain of Loss. Use the word nostalgia and its more understandable. One of Fascism’s main attractions is a return to a former time. A past caught up in … Continue reading →

Apricity – the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day. From the Latin apricus meaning “having lots of sunshine” To apricate is to bask in the sun.     Copyright Adrian Scott North London Counsellor Blog 2023 All rights … Continue reading →

Phenomenology – the study of the subjective objectively. Confused? Rather than a science it is an art: a way of seeing the world. An examination of what are the ways we think about the world with a degree of philosophical … Continue reading →