The femosphere: Online pressures facing young women
The femosphere offers young women belonging and a strategy for a world that can feel hostile. Therapists can offer something more durable: a relationship in which she does not have to perform and the space to discover what she actually wants.
The manosphere | What therapists need to know
Many boys and young men drawn to the manosphere have experienced rejection, humiliation or absent male figures, and the influencer becomes a surrogate father. We can’t compete by lecturing. We can compete by offering a relationship that is steady, respectful and unafraid of him.
The ‘soft life’ dilemma
An ethical soft life is not only about protecting your personal peace. It is also about asking what your peace makes possible. When your nervous system is less overwhelmed, you may have more capacity to care, speak up, organise, mentor, listen or support change in practical ways.
Endometriosis wins a BAFTA!
This year’s BAFTA award for Best British Short Film went to ‘This is Endometriosis’.
What might seem like a fringe topic, save for those with uteruses, this marks an extremely positive move forward in the awareness, acknowledgement and treatment of this chronic illness – above and beyond pure statistics.
This film fills a gap in the narrative by offering a glimpse of the real, human messiness of lived reality of this chronic condition.
Thinking about therapy? | 7 important things to consider
Deciding to start therapy is an exciting and brave thing to do. But it can also feel confusing and daunting initially, especially if you’ve never had therapy before. It can be difficult to picture what therapy is like or how to decide which therapist to work with.
One of our therapists, Zoe Yessaian, clearly remembers what it felt like before she started therapy, and wanted to share some useful starting points to consider and insight into what therapy can be like.
Coming off antidepressants | The need for greater understanding and support
Antidepressants certainly have their place as part of a wider treatment plan. But more needs to be done to help people understand the impact of coming off them.
Learning to love my anxiety
Anxiety has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. It’s only recently that I’ve come to accept that it always will be.