Articles about Development

The Psychotherapist’s Erotic Subjectivity: Commentary and Critique of Mann, D. (1997).

Comment from a Relational Psychoanalytical Perspective on “The Mirror Transference in the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Alcoholism: A Case Report” by J. Gustafson, (199...

A parent who seeks care and emotional security from a child, inverting the child-parent relationship, is likely to generate attachment disorder in the child.

Our feelings and emotions are beacon for our needs, if we allow them to be.

Helping your child regulate

Many counselling membership and professional regulatory bodies and associations state and require that for a professional counsellor to work ethically, they must attend r...

Punishment, violence and abuse are about power – who is big and who is not. Who receives and who perpetrates violence. We cannot speak about power in South Africa without...

“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be her...

Understanding what attachment is and the role it plays in shaping our experience may shed some light on our own temperament, outlook, and relationship patterns.

A Wider Take on Confidentiality and Communication.

Psychoanalysis, Drawings and Words of Children

How do we ensure we are primed to learn new skills and knowledge? And how can we particularly ready ourselves for emotional learning? And what is our responsibility?