What's your motive?
Life often goes at a rapid pace and we can get swept along, moving from one thing to the next without pausing for breath. When you stop,...
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Fe Robinson
Sep 16, 20192 min read
To bend and sway with grace, you need your roots deep in the ground
At a yoga class recently I was reminded of the importance of staying grounded. As we moved into a sequence of balances I had not done...
Fe Robinson
Sep 16, 20192 min read
Going beyond the obvious
On Easter Island, there are a series of big heads that have always been assumed to be just that, big heads. It has been discovered that...
Fe Robinson
Sep 16, 20192 min read
Overcoming anxiety
Don’t think about a purple elephant. When you read that, what happened? A purple elephant in all probability came to mind. I’ll bet you...
Fe Robinson
Sep 16, 20191 min read
What we can learn from butterflies
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly, that he brought home. One day a small opening appeared in the cocoon. He sat and watched the cocoon...
Fe Robinson
Sep 10, 20192 min read
What's in a name?
I had an interesting experience recently that got me musing on the importance of names and labels. A new acquaintance kept referring to...
Fe Robinson
Sep 10, 20192 min read
Is therapy a cure?
When a patient visits a medical doctor, that doctor is considered an expert, and it is hoped they have tangible solutions to the problems...
Fe Robinson
Sep 10, 20192 min read
Are you OK with intimacy?
Being intimate is often thought of as being closely in touch with someone else, with the focus being very much on the other person and...
Fe Robinson
Sep 9, 20191 min read
What seeds of potential are within you?
I am lover of poppies. Earlier in the summer, I sewed some seeds, eagerly anticipating their blooms outside my therapy room. Imagine my...
Fe Robinson
Sep 9, 20191 min read
What a sunflower has taught me this summer
I have spent the last couple of months watching the growth of a sunflower in my garden. As it has grown, pairs of leaves have emerged,...
Fe Robinson
Aug 30, 20192 min read
The two questions new psychotherapy clients most often want answered...
There are two key questions that many clients want to address when they come for an initial session of psychotherapy, and they are...
Fe Robinson
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Preparing for couples psychotherapy
Sitting down with a psychotherapist can be a daunting prospect. For many people, doing so with someone we love is even more tricky. The...
Fe Robinson
Aug 30, 20192 min read
When your thoughts are just not helping...
When others don't share your perspective, its easy to get angry. How dare they disregard you? Why are they not doing what you thought...
Fe Robinson
Aug 30, 20192 min read
What is psychotherapy really for?
It seems there is an ongoing debate between differing approaches in therapeutic circles. Is psychotherapy at its best when we are...
Fe Robinson
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Grieving? Then know you have loved
Grieving can be a difficult, complicated business. We each grieve differently, there is no one response, and there is certainly no...
Fe Robinson
Aug 28, 20191 min read
Reconnect with what lifts you
Oftentimes when clients come to therapy, they are suffering with symptoms that are dominating their current experience of life. It may...
Fe Robinson
Aug 28, 20192 min read
What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul
"What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul" So many times what people most need is to recognise what they are thinking and...
Fe Robinson
Aug 28, 20192 min read
Is fear holding you back?
I have been reflecting of late on the way that fear can create prisons for us, stopping us from doing things. It can prevent us from...
Fe Robinson
Aug 21, 20192 min read
What makes your heart sing?
As I work with clients I am continually humbled by what they have been through and the way they have coped. So often people perceive...
Fe Robinson
Aug 21, 20192 min read
What do you need to name in your relationship?
‘To give a thing a name, a label, a handle; to rescue it from anonymity, to pluck it out of the Place of Namelessness, in short to...
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