Author Archives: North London Counsellor Blog

If NATO and Russia were in a good couple therapy! Both sides ignoring the fear of the other. Both threatened by the thinking of the other. As one couple said last week: ” …why and how do we think and … Continue reading →

Anxiety, helplessness, & hopelessness are natural feelings to have with war on the doorstep. As humans we are set up to feel feelings to protect ourselves and those close to us. Fight, flight, & freeze are unconscious reactions for our … Continue reading →

The Bobsleigh event is unusual in that it attracts athletes from other sporting disciplines. Vonetta Flowers was a sprinter and long jumper who switched to the Bobsleigh event and won a Winter Olympic Gold medal in Salt Lake City in … Continue reading →

Freud was canny in describing death. He believed that none of us can accept our own death. “at bottom no one believes in his own death”. and “in the unconscious every one of us is convinced of his own immortality”. … Continue reading →

Truth and Memory. Is a memory truthful? Is the truth truthful? Does time affect memory and truth? Parents and siblings remember memories of family incidents very differently. An only child has the parents to rely on. Siblings can give extra … Continue reading →

Sidney Poitier First black actor to win the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Lillies of the Field in 1964. His acting roles broke boundaries in a time of ignorance of issues of difference and race. He was in … Continue reading →

Whether you love or hate the present prime minister he is in place due to charisma, a straight talking politician, a showman with a common touch. But he is not the first, and perhaps something of a turned down version of … Continue reading →

April Ashley  had gender reassigned therapy male to female in 1960. Anyone can barely imagine the level of prejudice and hatred against transgender at this time.         Born in Liverpool and one of nine children she went to sea as a … Continue reading →

Back in the day hundreds of American psychologists flew into city psychology conference centres. On the first day  they were asked to silently mingle around the conference hall and to pair off with another person. The criteria would be if … Continue reading →