Naomi Stadlen works as an existential psychotherapist in private practice and specialises in seeing mothers and parent couples. Naomi teaches and supervises at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling.  An important part of what Naomi has done for over 30 years, is to run a group called Mothers Talking, a discussion group where mothers can share their experiences. Through her work, Naomi has written several books on motherhood and most recently grandmothers.  The inspiration for her books comes from her own experiences as well as all the hundreds of people she has spoken to. H ..read more

Dr Leslie Lund is an Adolescent Psychotherapist who has over 20 years’ experience working with young people and their families, specialising her work to adolescents and families who come from privileged backgrounds.  She has spent many years researching this cohort of our society finding out about their specific challenges and psychological issues such as: depression, anxiety, self-harm and substance abuse.  Alongside her practice and her research, Leslie founded CYPPE (Counselling for Young People from Privileged Environments) hoping that this organisation would aid her in sharing ..read more

Linda Cundy is an Attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist  and supervisor with a private practice and over 35 years’ experience.  Linda is a Consultant at the Bowlby Centre in London that specializes in training psychotherapists in attachment-based psychoanalytic therapy.  Linda has also written and edited several books including: Love in the Age of the Internet: Attachment in the digital Era Anxiously Attached (about Preoccupied attachment) Attachment and the Defence Against Intimacy (about ‘Avoidant’ / Dismissing attachment) From Cradle to Kitchen: Attachment, Relation ..read more

Dr Bill Young is a Consultant Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist working across independent, not-for-profit and academic sectors. His special interests include mindfulness-based interventions, school wellbeing, clinical addictions in adolescence, and child refugee mental health.   I was lucky enough to get to know Dr Bill during my training as he lectured us for a term, teaching us the medical stance on mental illness, diagnosis’s and treatment. In my experience anyone trying to grapple with mental health can benefit from gaining a sense of what Psychiatry is, how it works and ..read more

Today I have asked him to come and talk to me about his book “Finding a balanced connection”. In training to become a psychotherapist, we eventually choose an approach to follow, a way for us to make sense of our work. John-Paul Davies trained as an integrative therapist, meaning that you integrate theories from all approaches to formulate a unique model that resonates with you. In his book he explains his working model, the theory that backs his rational, how he makes sense of his work. He then progresses to formulate 10 principles that can lead to change. To find out more about John-Paul Da ..read more

Discussing sex, the taboo, emotions like shame and guilt, beliefs, physical issues, and how to communicate when speaking about  sex. In this episode I have asked the very experienced Desa Markovik who has spoken to us about systemic psychotherapy to return and talk to us about her specialty in psychosexual psychotherapy. Desa, has written the book: Working with sexual issues in psychotherapy A Practical Guide Using a Systemic Social Constructionist Framework. In the book she integrates the medical model of sexology with the therapeutic model of sex therapy to explain to the reader the r ..read more

What is CBT? Discussing phobias, panic attacks, anxiety, our inner critical voice, vulnerability, mystery around mental health and much more. Daniel Mirea is an accredited CBT consultant, senior lecturer, researcher and writer who trained and worked with some of the most recognisable clinicians in the United States and the UK.  He has trained and worked alongside Donald Meichnebaum considered by most to be the Freud of CBT therapy and the author of Road Map to Resilience,  Sarah Corrie author of The Art of Living, Mark Davis Principal of the UK college of `Hypno-CBT, Paul Gilbert b ..read more

Discussing anxiety, our own mortality, the choices and meanings we give to our life with Claire Arnold Baker.  Claire Arnold Baker (www.clairearnoldbaker.co.uk) is an existential psychotherapist with 15 years’ experience working in private practice, with a GP surgery and with MIND.  She is the Academic Director at  the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling and the Course Leader for the Doctorate in Counselling and Psychotherapy Programme. Claire specialises in working with mothers, having completed her own doctoral research on the transition to motherhood for first-time ..read more

Discussing relationships, identity and the power of being heard. Desa Markovic, is a UKCP accredited systemic psychotherapist and supervisor (amongst many other things) . Lecturer and programme director at Regent’s University. Has over 20 year’s experience ranging from private practice, lecturing, research, working in the public sector and much more.  Desa, has experience working with families and individuals.  IN 2017 Desa published her book on: “Working with sexual issues in Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide Using a Systemic Social Constructionist Framework”. https://www.amazon.co ..read more