Over The Moon: Adam Phillips On The Happiness Myth
We all want to be happy, we want our children to be happy, and there are countless books advising us how to achieve happiness. But is this really what we should be aiming for?
Adam Phillips – The Guardian, 4 September 2010
One In Five Britons Has Consulted A Counsellor Or Psychotherapist
Survey shows big shift in attitudes to ‘talking therapies’
Jamie Doward – The Observer, 1 August 2010
Loneliness Study: Help! I Need Somebody
As a report warns that loneliness is rife and advises us to ‘invest in’ friends and family, a psychoanalyst argues that the experts have got it wrong
Darian Leader – The Guardian, 29 May 2010
What Good Psychodynamic Therapy Is All About
Wendy Jacobson – The Huffington Post, 13 February 2010
Family Under The Microscope
Turn to Freud’s psychoanalysis for postnatal depression
Oliver James – The Guardian, 3 October 2009
How We Fell In Love With The Couch
The British have lost their reserve and are pouring their emotions out in therapy and counselling sessions
Jamie Doward – The Observer, 10 October 2004
Talking Heads
A few sceptics survive, but it is now generally accepted that therapy can alleviate all manner of mental health problems, from schizophrenia to depression to phobia. But how to choose among the 400 kinds of treatment on offer?
Madeleine Reiss – The Guardian, 13 January 2001
Therapy Beats Pills If You Are Miserable
Ben Summerskill – The Observer, 3 December 2000
