by Adrian Wilson-Smith | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
I decided at the start of the year to practice what I preach in my role as a counsellor – to explore creativity as an enhancement to wellbeing – and joined a local creative writing group. There I penned my first piece of creative writing since leaving school. Our...
by Adrian Wilson-Smith | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Most of my clients come to see me because of a crisis in their family or personal relationships. And as such I tend to see many struggling with addiction either themselves or how it impacts their significant loved one(s). And whilst it is true that all addicts or...
by aws-admin | May 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
I attended a workshop on 21 November organised by http://www.familyseparationclinic.co.uk/on ‘Understanding and working with the alienated child’. This was a training course for social workers, family court professionals and others working with high...
by aws-admin | May 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Analysis of more than 5m divorce cases by Co-operative Legal Services has shown that bad behaviour has overtaken adultery for the first time. The study compared the grounds for divorce in the forty years from the 70s to the present day.. It found that while in the...
by aws-admin | May 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware’s blog post (and book) The 5 Regrets of the Dying has been read by millions. It is regret number one that has stuck with me the most: “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”...
