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Cardboard Boxes
Lockdown has brought its own challenges one of which is limited mobility. We have to spend more time in our homes so whilst we're stuck...
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douglas
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Are you depressed?
These are words from someone who is: Shower. Not a bath, a shower. Use water as hot or cold as you like. You don't even need to wash....
douglas
- Aug 27, 2020
- 2 min
Disapproving Looks
I'm aware that when we walk past a couple who are chatting we may get the feeling that they are making comments about us — possibly in...
douglas
- Jul 28, 2020
- 1 min
Self esteem
I have come across people who suffer from low self-esteem. The inability to truly like or at least appreciate themselves. Many of these...
douglas
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
You've got a friend
I believe that if a friendly psychologist visited our homes and looked at the books which are kept beside our beds or lying on top of our...
douglas
- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
Ouch
I've hurt my back. This isn't a cry for help or a petition where I expect to be inundated with copious amounts of sympathy cards. It's...
douglas
- Jul 8, 2020
- 1 min
Buy a VDub
It's 15 degrees centigrade outside as I write this. Up here in the NE of Scotland that's a heatwave. Indeed I've had to open the window...
douglas
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
It's raining again
There is something about rain which makes me want to pick up a good book (well you wouldn't deliberately choose a bad one would you?)...
douglas
- Jun 23, 2020
- 3 min
Summer Reads
As we approach the summer we may well be looking to pack a novel, (or two) or even the kindle or some other e-book appliance into our...
douglas
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
You're important
I have a sister with red hair and when she was younger it was always the source of conversation. Often, she was teased unmercifully —...
douglas
- Jun 9, 2020
- 2 min
Just Breathe . . .
Many years ago, I was approached by the East Lothian Courier for an ‘interview.’ I was the new boy in town and a few paragraphs from me,...
douglas
- Jun 3, 2020
- 2 min
Brokenness
Have you ever been in the company of a friend or a family member when they have shared some news, specifically bad news and you have...
douglas
- May 26, 2020
- 2 min
The beginning of the end
Many years ago I used to take two and half sugars in my tea. Actually most of the adults in my household did the same. Not two sugars,...
douglas
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
Social Distancing and Other New Normalities
At the beginning of the lockdown I felt a tinge of guilt. Mainly because other people were working but I wasn't. Face to face counselling...
douglas
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
Finding a buddy
In these unprecedented times which we find ourselves I'm discovering that many more people are using technology (including myself) to...
douglas
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
Just so you know . . .
As a therapist I won't: Try to fix you. Give you advice. Tell you what to do. Pretend I know more about you than you do. Assume what is...
douglas
- Apr 15, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown norms
Week four of lockdown, well at least in the UK. I hope you are finding resources to occupy yourself during the days at home — that's if...
douglas
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Coronaviris . . . it has changed us
I'm aware that the coronavirus has had a major impact on our lives, maybe more than anything else before. As a consequence many people...
douglas
- Mar 14, 2020
- 1 min
Let's fudge things up
In the late 17th century, fudge was a verb meaning "to fit together or adjust [clumsily]." Then around 1800, the word was used to mean a...
douglas
- Mar 8, 2020
- 1 min
Rules
I attended a conference in Darlington a few days ago, the subject being shame. It was inspiring, educational, challenging and disturbing....