A recent LinkedIn post by researcher and social worker Nicholas Marsh made me mull over issues of terminology. What’s the…
Only by being really difficult can the child discover whether the parents are resilient and robust – worth having. If…
“Now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good”. (John Steinbeck, East of Eden) Adolescents…
The media discussion on the contemporary ‘adolescent mental health crisis’ carries on. The more I read about it (there’s hardly…
Around 2015, the (previously obscure) term ‘toxic masculinity’ settled into cultural discourse. At first it described a style of masculinity…
Recently, I attended a talk by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, organised by the grassroots parent group that’s sprouting up in…
What’s it like for a parent to discover their adolescent son or daughter self-harms? It can be daunting to keep…
For most people seeking psychotherapy, there are many questions that come up for discussion. But increasingly today, right at the…
Ever since identity became established as a key explanatory concept in political discourse, its slow but steady increase of influence…
Why do some adolescents self-harm? …But before trying to answer this, what does the term ‘self-harm’ cover? We assume we…