Can you be real when it matters?
One of the commitments I have as a psychotherapist is that I am real and authentic with my clients. For me, this is the basis of...
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Fe Robinson
Apr 2, 20232 min read
Increasing intimacy is not all about sex
My partner and I stepped out of our comfort zone recently and had a couple of couples massage lessons. Now, lest you fear this post is...
Fe Robinson
Mar 3, 20232 min read
With or about...and why it matters
Today I want to reflect on a distinction we can make in the way we hold and talk about others, or about aspects of our own self. We talk...
Fe Robinson
Feb 11, 20233 min read
On being boundaried
In several contexts this week I’ve been reminded of the power of being clear about boundaries. The word boundary is a noun, and it’s...
Fe Robinson
Feb 4, 20232 min read
Tapping into your intuitive wisdom to learn more about your experience
Many moons ago, when I trained in NLP, I was fortunate to have a course rich with content about expanding awareness into that which us...
Fe Robinson
Jan 27, 20232 min read
Reflecting on what makes you strong
A colleague who works with families introduced me to a lovely exercise recently that captured my imagination. Aimed at increasing...
Fe Robinson
Jan 6, 20232 min read
What do you want to know about other people?
I had an interesting conversation recently, reflecting on the tendency people have to ask others ‘what do you do?’ in early conversations...
Fe Robinson
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Only offer what you can freely give
So much of human relating is transactional. We live in an economy where most everything has a price. We expect to pay to receive...
Fe Robinson
Jan 5, 20232 min read
A conversation about how you feel is not supposed to end in an argument
“A conversation about how you feel is not supposed to end in an argument” The Mind Journal I’ve been reflecting recently on themes of...
Fe Robinson
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Reinvigorating your relationship
I was asked on social media recently to talk about how to overcome boredom in relationships. Here’s a blog extending the soundbites I had...
Fe Robinson
Nov 19, 20222 min read
The fear of receiving
“The fear of receiving resonates in the deepest levels of the psyche. To receive is to let life happen, to open to grief and loss, to...
Fe Robinson
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Same Sea, Different Boats
It is a paradox of being human that while so, so much is common to us all, our experience of life is unique. There are no two people who...
Fe Robinson
Nov 4, 20222 min read
If in doubt, speak it out...
In both couples and individual psychotherapy, a common theme in the way clients present is that there is much they want to say in their...
Fe Robinson
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Power and love are quite different
“Recognising the difference between power and love is difficult if we were raised in a home where power was disguised as love” Marion...
Fe Robinson
Oct 8, 20221 min read
Bullying and Diversity
I created this blog in collaboration with #UKCP a few weeks ago to take a look at the impact of bullying and our collective...
Fe Robinson
Sep 30, 20221 min read
If you don't know what to say, say so
Sometimes there are no words. Awful things happen to those we love and we simply do not know what to do or say. This can be a very...
Fe Robinson
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Smiling with your heart
I remember coming across the idea of your heart smiling in Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Eat, Pray, Love, at the time it really lit me up. ...
Fe Robinson
Sep 9, 20222 min read
The freedom of safety
"We all need freedom and security, which is why when the world doesn’t feel safe, we often don’t feel as free." Esther Perel At first...
Fe Robinson
Aug 19, 20222 min read
The diversity of relationships
Not so long ago, the thought of 'living in sin' as a stable family unit, of same sex marriages, of gay couples raising children or of...
Fe Robinson
Aug 3, 20222 min read
On feeling out of sync
I watched Hannah Gadesby’s show Douglas recently, and along with the many, many laughs she provoked, she spoke of a truth that resonated...
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