Category Archives: General

In the late 70′s and early 80′s when I knew nothing about psychotherapy, I was simply looking for a course to do that would help me be able to work more with the inner turmoil of the people I was seeing as … Continue reading →

As a social worker in the 70′s I knew nothing about psychotherapy. The days when Freud might have been taught on social work courses had already gone. At Monash University in the late 70′s we were into the “Generic model … Continue reading →

Why does psychotherapy matter? It matters because people matter. We hear a lot of silly talk about  psychotherapy being for elites or for “the worried well” . I myself might have been thought of by those people, as one of the “worried … Continue reading →

Another theme that comes to mind is that I give quite a lot of thought to the values, theories and experiences that influence me moment by moment when I am working. The theories are, I’ve decided, many and varied and gathered over many … Continue reading →

I am realizing that there are various themes that I will want to follow, come back to and/or start a conversation. One is about the many forms of meeting between people that may be called psychotherapy and the variety of ideas as to … Continue reading →