Don't pull yourself together...gather yourself gently
Whatever you do, don't pull yourself together. Don't pull yourself at all. Being pulled is seldom a nice experience. Add the edge of an...
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Fe Robinson
Nov 25, 20222 min read
Embracing the gifts of winter
Oh dear, it’s well and truly winter. The season of hunkering down and withdrawing within while the winds howl, the temperatures drop,...
Fe Robinson
Nov 25, 20222 min read
Taking life step by step
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just to take the first step” Martin Luther King I love this quote, it speaks eloquently of...
Fe Robinson
Nov 19, 20223 min read
Creating a therapeutic space for your online therapy sessions
I’ve made a few changes in my office lately, increasing my level of physical comfort when I am working. I’m noticing a significant...
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 11, 20222 min read
Why uncomfortable is not a bad thing
We all have habitual ways of behaving. They are comfortable and normal, and mostly they are not even on our radar, we just act and speak...
Fe Robinson
Oct 31, 20224 min read
Overcoming fears this Halloween
Happy Samhain! According to Pagan tradition, today we celebrate the ending of the summer and look forward to the coming winter. ...
Fe Robinson
Oct 21, 20221 min read
Finding genuine understanding
“If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.” Marion Woodman...
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 14, 20222 min read
The change that darkness brings
“The greatest changes stem from the darkest experiences. We fall apart to become new. We go through the dark to fly to the sun” Matt...
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
Oct 8, 20221 min read
The Journey
My inspiration this weekend is Mary Oliver’s The Journey. Wishing you a weekend enlivened and uplifted by your own journeying. One day...
Fe Robinson
Sep 23, 20223 min read
How to reconnect when you dissociate
Today I want to talk about dissociation, and ways of supporting yourself in coming back into connection when you feel you have detached....
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 14, 20222 min read
Trust yourself, not the next new thing!
I had an interesting insight the other day as I spotted an old pattern that had popped up and taken root unnoticed. Sitting with a...
Fe Robinson
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Back into the rhythm of school and work
Now we're into September, families country-wide will be back into the rhythm of school and working weeks after the different pace of the...
Fe Robinson
Aug 12, 20222 min read
The nature of psychotherapy
I’m deeply reflective at the moment about the interactive dance that is a therapeutic relationship. Clients come, bringing with them...
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...
Fe Robinson
Jul 9, 20222 min read
The regulation of rhythm
For therapeutic work to be successful, clients need to be feeling regulated, in other words they need to be calm and relaxed, so that...
Fe Robinson
Psychotherapy
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