Articles and explainers
Plain answers to frequent questions about how the work is done.
Sections
- Anxiety and panic attacks5
- Family and relationships5
- Children and parents5
- Self-development5
- Modern life6
- Methods and process6
Anxiety and panic attacks
Anxiety: where normal endsWhere a normal reaction ends and something worth looking into begins.
Panic attack: what to doWhat happens in the body during an attack and what to do while it lasts.
Why panic comes backWhy a single episode turns into a way of life — and where the loop can be broken.
Bedtime anxietyWhy your mind switches on when the light goes out, and what you can change this week.
RuminationHow replaying differs from thinking things through, and how to step out of the loop.
Family and relationships
Why couples argue in circlesA repeating argument has a script, and the script is stronger than any trigger.
Silence in a coupleTwo kinds of silence look alike from the outside; from the inside there is no mistaking them. Three questions to tell them apart.
How to talk about moneyThe argument is often not only about money — it is also about safety, freedom and fairness.
A crisis of trustCan trust be rebuilt after infidelity? Not always, but many couples manage it. Three conditions that matter for this.
Alone or together“My partner won’t come” is not a dead end. When to come as a couple, and when to come alone.
Children and parents
A teenager who has shut downThe more insistent the interrogation, the deeper the defence. What works instead of questioning.
Childhood anxietyWhat is normal for their age and what is not, what makes anxiety stronger and what helps.
Children and divorceWhat must be said, what must never be said and when a specialist is needed.
Childhood traumaNot every upset is trauma. The difference lies not only in the event but also in the formula “force of the blow × support at hand”.
Why a psychologist “just plays”Play is the language in which a child tells you what they cannot say in words.
Self-development
Inner criticWhere it came from, why “just don’t listen to it” doesn’t work, and what does.
Burnout is not lazinessThree signs of burnout, why a holiday is not enough and where recovery starts.
Boundaries without guiltWhere the guilt after saying no comes from, three myths about boundaries and how to practise saying no.
Self-esteemWhy self-esteem drops and what helps instead of telling yourself to love yourself.
ProcrastinationWhat gets put off is the feeling attached to the task, not the task itself. Why willpower does not help here.
Modern life
Phone and doomscrollingWhy it is so sticky, an honest self-test and what works against the feed.
Digital burnoutWhat has changed, the signs that it is time to step in, and what actually helps.
Adult ADHDWhy everyone recognises themselves and why self-diagnosis is harmful either way.
News anxietyHow “being informed” turns into “being anxious”, and what to do about it.
Loneliness in a big cityWhy a city has so many people and so few connections — and what to do about it.
An AI companion instead of a psychologistWhat AI does reasonably well, where the line runs and how to use it sensibly.
Methods and process
How a first consultation goesStep by step: before the session, the first minutes, the main part and what you are left with afterwards.
Why sessions differ in lengthAn hour, two hours or fifty minutes — what lies behind each figure in the price list.
Hypnotherapy: the researchWhere the data is strong, where it is modest and where it is not enough — with links to the primary sources.
What online tests measureWhat the total score shows, how to read the result and when a test will not help.
Is therapy working?Early and mid-stage signs, the main criterion and when it is time to finish.
Online or in personWhat stays the same, what online offers, what the consulting room offers, and which suits whom.