Author Archives: North London Counsellor Blog

Europe or countries that reside in Western Europe! particularly the mainland are learning again about the cruelty of war. The atrocities which older generations experienced in World War II are played out in Ukraine. A buffer zone between enemies. Random … Continue reading →

Tractors Tennis Drug Running What is it with men and their behaviour? What motivates men to take big risks? To sabotage themselves, their families, and their careers. They look as though they think they can get away with it. Yet … Continue reading →

You could be forgiven for thinking that the world is going to hell in a hand cart. This phrase itself is 500 years old telling us that this isnt the first time in history the world’s inhabitants might have thought … Continue reading →

You could be forgiven for thinking that the world is going to hell in a hand cart. This phrase itself is 500 years old telling us that this isnt the first time in history the world’s inhabitants might have thought … Continue reading →

Another life of discrimination and determination to succeed.       Carl Brashear was the first African American and first amputee Master Diver in the U.S. Navy’s history. He was born on a sharecropper’s farm in rural Kentucky with little education, but rose … Continue reading →

If NATO and Russia were in a good couple therapy! Both sides ignoring the fear of the other. Both threatened by the thinking of the other. As one couple said last week: ” …why and how do we think and … Continue reading →

Anxiety, helplessness, & hopelessness are natural feelings to have with war on the doorstep. As humans we are set up to feel feelings to protect ourselves and those close to us. Fight, flight, & freeze are unconscious reactions for our … Continue reading →

The Bobsleigh event is unusual in that it attracts athletes from other sporting disciplines. Vonetta Flowers was a sprinter and long jumper who switched to the Bobsleigh event and won a Winter Olympic Gold medal in Salt Lake City in … Continue reading →

Freud was canny in describing death. He believed that none of us can accept our own death. “at bottom no one believes in his own death”. and “in the unconscious every one of us is convinced of his own immortality”. … Continue reading →

Truth and Memory. Is a memory truthful? Is the truth truthful? Does time affect memory and truth? Parents and siblings remember memories of family incidents very differently. An only child has the parents to rely on. Siblings can give extra … Continue reading →