ARTICLES
Essays on minds, work and public life
What sustains a mind under pressure, what visibility really costs, and how good work stays human. Research-grounded thinking you can put to use, from the clinic and beyond.
Thinking in public, carefully. Research-grounded writing on therapy, performance, leadership and the psychology of a visible life.
GUIDANCEChoosing the right therapist, and the right therapyWhat protected titles actually protect, the questions worth asking, and an honest glossary of the approaches behind the acronyms.Read the essay PUBLIC LIFEThe dilemmas of a visible lifeParasocial dynamics, context collapse, audience capture: what the research says about living and working in public.Read the essay THERAPYWhy well-functioning people do therapyDepth work as maintenance rather than repair, and what EMDR actually does.Read the essay COACHINGThe psychology of sustainable performanceWhy ambition burns out, what the research says about recovery, and how psychologically informed coaching differs.Read the essay EXECUTIVE AND FOUNDER WORKThe weight of the final decisionOn the isolation of senior roles, and why the people who hold the most are offered the least.Read the essay SUPERVISION AND CONSULTATIONWho holds the people who hold others?Supervision as infrastructure rather than luxury, for practitioners and for organisations.Read the essay
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