Diversity, equality and oppression

Since the Equality Act 2010 came into force, it’s been illegal to discriminate against anyone in relation to any of nine “protected characteristics”: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity,...

New Year resolutions

Did you make a New Year resolution? And are you one of the small proportion of people (only one in eight according to a 2007 study) who actually succeed in carrying it through? If so, congratulations and Happy New Year! But if, like most people, you’ve already...

UKCP Research Conference

On Saturday 30 June, about 150 psychotherapists gathered at Regents College, in the lovely setting of London’s Regent’s Park, for the third annual UKCP Research Conference. Among them were three who had trained with the BeeLeaf Institute: myself, Julie Sale and Deb...

Now a registered psychotherapist

I’ve been a qualified (and practising) counsellor since 2005, and recently I’ve taken the next step by qualifying as a psychotherapist and becoming a member of UKCP (the UK Council for Psychotherapy). This doesn’t mean any big change in the way I...