Many people wonder whether online therapy is as effective as seeing someone in person. This post explores what the evidence suggests and what makes it work in practice.

Starting therapy for the first time, or returning after a break, can raise a lot of questions. This post covers what therapy actually involves, what to expect practically, and some of the most common misconceptions about how it works.

Approaching my fifth decade with three degrees, and a journey that has taken me through the private sector, NHS psychology, the voluntary sector, and private practice - there are a number of things I have come to know from the inside.

Some relationships look exactly right from the outside and feel deeply wrong from the inside. This post explores the particular trap of the status relationship, and the question nobody wants to ask out loud: do I get to stay in my life if I leave?

Thirty arrives with a set of expectations attached to it. This post explores what happens when your life at thirty does not match the script, and why that gap tends to feel more significant than it needs to.

Some decisions, however small, can feel completely overwhelming. This post explores what tends to sit underneath decision paralysis, and what helps.

The social world of parenting in certain circles can reproduce the in-groups and out-groups of adolescence with remarkable fidelity. This post explores what the parenting treadmill actually involves and how to step back from it.

Loneliness is no longer primarily an experience of old age. This post explores the growing epidemic of loneliness across generations, why young people are now the loneliest of all, and what the shift toward virtual connection is costing us.

Social media is actively designed to keep you scrolling and scrolling tends to make you feel worse about your own life. This post explores the psychology of social comparison online and what it does to mood and self-worth.

Financial anxiety is not only about how much you earn. This post explores why outgoings can quietly come to match or exceed income regardless of salary, and what tends to lie beneath that pattern.

Moving into a different social and financial bracket than the one you grew up in can bring a particular kind of pressure. The sense of a treadmill that never quite lets you stop. This post explores what that experience involves.

Status and comparison can quietly become the organising principle of a family. This post explores what that does to parents and children alike, and what it means to step off the treadmill of comparison.

The pursuit of professional success can quietly crowd out everything else. This post explores what happens when achievement becomes the primary focus of a life, and what tends to get left behind.

For many Black adults, social media has added a new layer to an already complex relationship with success and identity. This post explores what that pressure actually involves.

What does it mean to try to make a home in a country that is, at least in part, telling you that you do not belong? This post explores the psychological cost of living as a Black person in the current political climate.

The instruction to work twice as hard is passed down through generations for good reason. But the psychological and physical cost of living by it over time is rarely spoken about. This post explores what that cost actually involves.

For many Black professionals in corporate environments, the exhaustion is not just about the work. This post explores the psychological cost of navigating spaces that were not designed with you in mind.

Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and cognitive difficulty can have physical causes. Before pursuing medication or a neurodiversity assessment, it is worth ruling out some common and treatable conditions through a blood test.

Deciding whether to take ADHD medication is not straightforward. This post explores the options honestly — stimulants, non-stimulants, side effects, and how to think through the decision for yourself.

Medication for anxiety is not a straightforward decision. This post explores the options honestly - what different medications can and cannot offer, the side effects, and how to think it through.

Deciding whether to take antidepressants is not straightforward. This post explores the considerations honestly: the potential benefits, the side effects, and how to think through the decision for yourself.

Trauma is widely misunderstood. This post explores what it actually involves psychologically, why it persists long after the event, and what therapeutic support can offer.

Grief is one of the most significant experiences a person can go through, and one of the most poorly understood. This post explores what bereavement actually involves, and why it cannot be hurried.

A difficult relationship with food is not always an eating disorder. This post explores what happens when healthy eating tips into fixation, restriction, or control - and what that relationship with food tends to reveal.