I am reading a book by Thomas Moore, the dark night of the soul,  that is really starting to shift my approach to therapy. As a solution-focused trained therapist myself, I have always adopted the view that when issues arise, dark emotions take over and overwhelm our clients, our job as therapists was to immediately act on them and fin ...

I’m struck with the diagnostic for bipolar disorder. Nowadays, like depression, it’s a diagnostic that’s very popular and easily given and I am alarmed by the easiness with which NHS doctors jump to those conclusions and give very strong drugs to patients. I have seen many people officially diagnosed with depression and put ...