Understanding Our Ego States

Transactional Analysis (TA) is a theory of personality and behaviour which helps us understand the…

Life Script — The end is written in the beginning

4 ways our subconscious talks to us

Our subconscious mind is always vying for our attention. The simplest way in which it…

Emotional Refractory Period

Have you ever been in a conversation where something a person said to you just threw you off balance? You…

Ulterior transactions — what’s beneath?

Has it ever happened to you that someone complimented you for something and you wondered…

The Benefits of being Hurt

As we go over the hurt and pain from our past we are only gripped with sadness. It’s natural for us to wonder…

Why do we avoid taking risks?

Most people think that the will to survive is the strongest instinct in human beings, but it isn’t. The…

Do you need a love-pill?

I recently read about the invention of a love-pill. Brian Earp, researcher at Oxford University’s Institute for…

The Should-ing Personality

‘Should’ is a word that I don’t use in my therapy sessions as I think it’s loaded with pressure. It creates…

Therapy is for ‘crazy’ people

Who needs counselling? The husband says the wife needs, the wife says the husband needs, children say the…