Go gently…
Go gently… So here we are well into January. The festivities seem like a lifetime ago, although in reality it is still less than three weeks since Christmas! The New Year. I still find myself writing Happy New Year in emails by way of…
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Why Temenos?
I chose the name Temenos for my practice when I first started seeing clients, way back when. I don’t recall where I first heard the word, but I do recall the effect it had on me – at least, not the word, but its…
Covid Hair
Now I am sure that none of you are in quite the position I am regarding your hair… To ‘trim’ or not to ‘trim’… To shave my head (oh gosh) or not to shave… and yes I have been tempted, but I have no…
Branding Mastermind
Recently I had the opportunity to sign up for a two-day “Brand Mastermind” workshop with a fabulous designer known as G. The workshops had been launched in response to the changing needs for design work during the pandemic, and what an inspired launch! There…
Confrontation
Well, yet again I have been confronted by a client! I don’t mean that they have ‘taken a pop’ at me; I mean that in conversation with a client I found myself confronted with my own ‘stuff’. (‘Stuff’ is a technical term in the…
Do I ‘enjoy’ being a therapist?
Friends often ask me “Do you enjoy being a counsellor?” It is a question which usually leaves me lost of words – it is one I don’t know how to begin to answer. What does the word ‘enjoy’ mean? Do we have ‘fun’ in…
Being me
I was given a gift the other day; it wasn’t a belated Christmas gift, it was completely unexpected, came from people I barely knew, and I only noticed it after I had left the givers to go home. The gift was from a group…
Difficult stories
Sometimes when I listen to my clients’ stories, one catches me by surprise. Recently I was caught off guard when, in the last 10 minutes of our time together, at the end of the sixth of six contracted sessions, my client spoke up and…
The process of therapy
Therapy is sometimes a long slow process. Maybe I am a slow learner. I think today the penny has dropped – you can’t rush the process, no matter how much you want to. The process is a thing all of its own, and will…
Asking for help
Asking for help is a really difficult thing to do. I have discovered this amazing truth in the last few weeks as I have been hopping around with a broken ankle. I always told people it was difficult, but now I know that it…