Is guilt a bad thing?
Sometimes clients come into therapy wanting to be absolved of guilt when they have done something they regret. Guilt is painful, and this...
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Fe Robinson
Aug 28, 20212 min read
Are you at ease with intimacy?
Continuing my series on his model, the sixth stage in Erik Erickson’s model of psychosocial development is that of intimacy and...
Fe Robinson
Aug 28, 20212 min read
Maximising your health
I’ve been reading Cured by Jeff Rediger over the last few weeks, an exploration of mind-body connection and the immune system in the...
Fe Robinson
Aug 21, 20212 min read
The loss inherent in love
"Everything you love will probably be lost, but, in the end, love will return in a different way." Franz Kafka This quote touched me...
Fe Robinson
Aug 20, 20211 min read
Come home to your body
“Being in our bodies is not about performance or results, it's about coming home. It's a pleasurable, sensual connection that reminds us...
Fe Robinson
Aug 13, 20211 min read
Just stand there shining...
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” Anne Lamott This quote really made...
Fe Robinson
Aug 7, 20212 min read
Viewing things in multiple ways
“External events are neutral. They only gain positive or negative value the moment they enter our mind. It’s ultimately up to us how we...
Fe Robinson
Aug 4, 20211 min read
National Play Day
Today is national Playday, and this year the organisers are encouraging families, carers, and communities to help children enjoy a Summer...
Fe Robinson
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Can you be autonomous when you wish?
Two weeks ago I blogged about stage one of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development model, today I’m introducing the second...
Fe Robinson
Jul 23, 20211 min read
Having the strength to feel your emotions
One of the central themes of therapeutic work is how client’s experience their feelings. For some, there is overwhelm. For others, a...
Fe Robinson
Jul 23, 20211 min read
Balance yourself, not your activity
I hate the idea of work-life balance. Why is work treated as an opposite that is somehow separate from life? Most people spend so much...
Fe Robinson
Jul 16, 20211 min read
Timeless, endless love
These words were the final verse of a poem I wrote a while back, they leave me with a smile. We each are one, whole and complete And yet...
Fe Robinson
Jul 13, 20211 min read
Learning from yourself in relationship
We come to know ourselves through our interactions with other people. It’s a bit like others hold up a mirror to us, we see ourselves...
Fe Robinson
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Do you trust in the world?
I’ve been pondering Erik Erikson’s theory of psycho-social development of late, which sets out eight stages of development along our way...
Fe Robinson
Jul 13, 20211 min read
Owning your privileges
The work of psychotherapy is vast and deep. Themes running through the many ways it can help are enabling clients to learn how to...
Fe Robinson
Jul 10, 20212 min read
True brave
“When your eyes seek and your heart is open, that is true brave” - Anne with an E I just loved this line when I heard it while watching...
Fe Robinson
Jul 10, 20211 min read
Epitaph
These words speak so eloquently for themselves, I hope they touch you as they do me. Epitaph - By Merrit Malloy When I die Give what’s...
Fe Robinson
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Being alone (all-one)
I discovered recently that the root of the word alone is all-one. Clarissa Pinkola Estes expresses this beautifully, saying “To be all...
Fe Robinson
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Adults need play
A theme I often return to is play, and its importance. I was first introduced to this concept back in 2008 by Stephen Gilligan with his...
Fe Robinson
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Welcome Bella!
I was thrilled to receive a new fuchsia last week - a tall dark leaved variety with a profusion of flowers called ‘Bella.’ I’ve planted...
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