This month's Therapy Today carries my review of 'Screening the Scars: the Cinematic (In)visibility of Social Trauma' (ed. Andreas Hamburger) a collection of essays describing how traumatic historical events are represented and processed through cinema ("the mourning of unmourned pasts").

I recently attended a training course on working with men therapeutically - this poem by Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre, shared during the course, says *so much* about how fixed gender roles can limit us that I thought I'd share it.

[Content warning: this poem/ performance contain some swearing].

I’m a counsellor with over 15 years’ experience (particularly with teenagers and families, and in education) based close to East Putney tube; I have availability for prospective clients across a range of days and times; 'just wondering'-type queries are fine!

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If you’re interested to read something about the joy and challenge of moving from life stage to life stage (and yet not always feeling like a ‘grown up’), I’m enjoying and can recommend ‘When I Grow Up: Conservations with Adults in Search of Adulthood’ by Moya Sarner.
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I'm available to work with new counselling clients in person (from premises in Putney, SW London) or on Zoom from September onwards - please do get in contact, if you'd like to book now for September.

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So I've just joined BlueSky. I'm looking forward to getting the gist (professionally speaking) of this new-ish social media space.

When I'm not counselling or spending time with friends or family, I enjoy watching movies (see links).

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