No mud, no lotus
“Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow. There can be no lotus...
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Fe Robinson
Jun 19, 20212 min read
How will you know when you are ready to finish therapy?
This is a question I ask each person who comes to see me for psychotherapy, in their first session. We talk about what is bringing them,...
Fe Robinson
Jun 19, 20211 min read
Finding an environment in which to thrive
Having recently planted my garden with a variety of plants from tiny to mature, I noticed this week a little delphinium that was...
Fe Robinson
Jun 19, 20211 min read
Rewilding yourself
I’ve been looking out of my therapy room window, noticing the increasingly long grass of my newly laid lawn. I’ve read so many...
Fe Robinson
Jun 14, 20211 min read
National Loneliness Week
This week is loneliness awareness week, and it seems well timed. As society opens up and we begin to edge out into more social...
Fe Robinson
Jun 11, 20211 min read
How are you growing?
I just love my garden at this time of year. My therapy room looks out onto it, and it is delighting me to notice that sometimes hour to...
Fe Robinson
Jun 11, 20211 min read
On being open to possibilities
Humans have a natural bias towards the negative. In order to survive, like any animal, we need to be aware of risks and danger. Being...
Fe Robinson
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Connections are made by the heart
“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone,...
Fe Robinson
Jun 11, 20212 min read
Dancing in the dark with our dragons
“There are so many ways to dance in the dark with our dragons. Therapy is an art.” These words were the conclusion of a training I...
Fe Robinson
Jun 7, 20211 min read
Finding peace in constant adjustments
I’ve been reflecting on the continual change and uncertainty that our current environment presents us with, and its impact on well-being....
Fe Robinson
Jun 7, 20211 min read
New therapy room finally complete!
I’m sat in my new office, writing my blog. It’s taken four long months to transform this patch of earth from deadened concreted to a new...
Fe Robinson
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Learning to love yourself in your darkness
“I’m not looking to escape my darkness, I am learning to love myself there” Rune Lazuli Wishing you a weekend of self-love, of shade, and...
Fe Robinson
May 29, 20212 min read
Why talking alone is not enough
Did you know that your brain reacts to stimuli in 50 milliseconds, but that it may take up to 500 milliseconds for conscious awareness to...
Fe Robinson
May 29, 20211 min read
When you have a bad day...don't join in!
I was speaking to a wise colleague recently, and she shared an anecdote which made me smile. She came home one night, with a big bunch of...
Fe Robinson
May 22, 20212 min read
On being your most authentic self
When reading about the Internal Family Systems approach to psychotherapy recently, I was reminded of the idea that we each have a ‘self’...
Fe Robinson
May 22, 20211 min read
The function of self-criticism
I was reminded this week of the important function of self-criticism. You know, that irritating, debilitating voice inside that nit...
Fe Robinson
May 22, 20211 min read
Can you hear the earth singing?
"Be still and listen, the earth is singing" I was standing in the garden recently, just after a deluge of rain, and this quote came into...
Fe Robinson
May 22, 20212 min read
Are you growing as a therapist?
I was reflecting with a colleague this week on the way that encounters with clients cause me to change and grow. It is noticeable that...
Fe Robinson
May 15, 20212 min read
How couples and individual psychotherapy differ
Today I want to reflect on some of the differences between working as a psychotherapist with a couple and with an individual. In a...
Fe Robinson
May 15, 20211 min read
The truth about unwanted arousal
This is an important talk for anyone affected by sexual abuse, as a survivor, or if you work in the criminal justice or social work...
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