Resources
Some of these resource pages originated as questions my clients have asked me. Others started life as handouts, others are topics I felt moved to post about after some particular session brought the topic to mind. They are therefore not systematic or comprehensive, but I hope may be of interest.
Applies to everyone: Adele’s River Lea
There's a relationship stage where we're afraid: Will the other person love...
Surround me with your love by 3-11 Porter
Fools gold. Surround Me With Your Love by 3-11 Porter sounds like...
Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel: Following your inner voice
Joyful, inspired, musically complex, Solsbury Hill is a perfect evocation of the...
The story of a relationship: a silly playlist
A lighthearted relationship story told in pop songs I like. Guaranteed to...
[Stub]Body-based characterology (Reich, Lowen)
Body based characterology is a system of self-understanding based on what goes...
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters. A poem by Portia Nelson
The poem Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson beautifully expresses...
Return to Love. A poem by Marianne Williamson
The famous poem by Marianne Williamson quoted by Nelson Mandela in his...
Five poetic stages of healing, couples version
The stages of a relationship conflict from unconsciousness to understanding, based on...
The Red Flag couples self-help exercise
If you both do it, the Red Flag exercise can cut through...
The best sexual self-help advice for couples – the best!
Simple but helpful sexual self-help advice that can really deepen sexual intimacy...
[Stub]Parts therapies (Voice Dialogue, IFS, Gestalt, Trauma Constellation work, NLP,...
Parts therapy including IFS excerpt text
Neo-Reichian bodywork and Bioenergetics
Wilhelm Reich's understanding that pain & trauma form deep muscular tensions led...
Going deeper – meditation websites
A few interesting websites on meditation including some less known but excellent...
Authentic pain is part of life; depression isn’t
There are many types of depression. One of these is the depressive...
A relaxation technique
This is my version of “the relaxation response”, a simple way to...