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This is a companion blog to the one on depression. These designated 'sibling states' to depression may well be a gateway to what is...

Of all the words or phrases that have passed from psychology down into everyday speech – narcissism, co-dependent, introvert/extrovert,...

This has proven a challenging blog to write. It’s personal, if indirectly so. The famed neutrality of the therapist, the blank screen...

It's been a busy year, what with everything. And yet, fortunate man I am, I've more or less been working solidly through the pandemic and...

Somehow I've ended up in a profession - like my old one of priest - where change, hope, conversion, renewal, resurrection - all play a...

No sooner has Fathers’ Day come and gone (June 21st) then we turn, the very next day, to marking International Fathers’ Mental Health Day...

‘The human brain is a complete mess – but it’s not your fault.’ Prof Paul Gilbert. Our emotions are intrinsic to us humans, we wouldn't...

Poetry helps us approach death because it tells the truth the way a sharp knife cuts. It holds up for our contemplation the bald facts of...

My inspiration for this my first foray into human sexuality (but essentially male heterosexual experience, just to be clear), is the...

This is the first ever CCS blog. So welcome, whoever and wherever you are! Over time I hope to add many more blogs to my site. I envisage...