3 min readTom’s SadnessHealing Tom’s father wanted someone to tutor his ten year old son. I duly arrived for our first session together expecting to talk to a...
3 min readAmber’s Delayed DevelopmentAmber was born to an alcoholic mother and a father who was a heroin addict. I first met her when she was eight and in foster care where...
3 min readPaul's AngerPaul was in his GCSE exam year and predicted A*s for his ten subjects. It appeared to me that it should have been a fairly stress-free...
2 min readJoan’s FearJoan, who was sixty-eight, was going on holiday to Scotland. It involved taking an overnight ferry from the mainland to one of the...
2 min readEmotional Literacy & Stages of development Emotional literacy (EL) is the ability to recognise and understand our emotions and be able to manage and regulate them. Managing our...