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In this interview, Peter speaks about meditations that can be easy using brain entrainment technolog…

The next how and what I'm exploring is accepting. A tourist became lost in Ireland and went into …

My next book "just do good work -“what” and “how” for therapists after Erickson" explores the hows a…

A woman inner early 20s was stressed by her critical boss. When I offered the possibility that he ha…

A man in a residential psychiatric unit was in an art class, and the teacher said “You are an arti…

I was origianlly going to title it "Towards Excellence" after Scott Miller, then "Towards Effectiv…

An elderly nun wanted help with resolving a past trauma, and I was attempting to lighten the mood wi…

This story, as I heard it, concerns a student of Aikido named Terry who had been studying in Japa…

A country policemen was referred for help with work related stress. He said that for years he had be…

A woman was worried about her 10 year old son who was being teased at school because he was chubby. …

When a 98 year old man and a 96 year old woman went to the divorce court, the judge asked why they w…

A mother brought her teenage daughter because she was being bullied by 2 boys at high school. They w…

A couple arrived for their first appointment and the husband was perplexed. He said that only the pr…

"I can’t stay" A young man wanted help with his increasing agitation and was having difficulty even…

After September 11th, 2001, peace appears as an issue in many countries of the world, when it may pr…

I recorded this a few years ago. Barry is a friend and spoke for 10 minutes about learning and passi…

"Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped." Isaiah 35…

When we went to primary school, we were encouraged to learn to read, to write and work with number…

I have noticed that there are several attitudes to emotions in counselling and therapy. "Emotions a…

Erickson reminded us that all our life we are learning. He also made practical connections between e…

"I was recently interviewed by Leah Ruby, on her podcast "Filling Your Soul" on the topic of what li…

Jay Haley brought a case to Erickson for supervision. A man who had retired was driving his wife c…

Here are some thoughts from a coaching call the other day. They are the beginning of a process of a …

Education What We're Doing and the Time at Which We're Doing It Public dissat…

February 14, 2015 | Comment Humberto Maturana is first and foremost a reflective man, an origin…

Martin Heidegger's "the space of nothingness" was the subject of my last post. Here is the obvers…

Martin Hiedegger wrote about the space of nothingness. This is the only place we can create fro. Anyt…

Ethics will be a central concern for any human endeavor, and perhaps particularly those dealing with…

Creation requires that we begin with nothing - anything else is mere rearrangement. We can only crea…

A wise man once said "There are no resistant clients - just resistant therapists." Yet we can still g…

I favour learning by immersion, recurrent practice in a safe environment where principles are embodi…

This is now available as a soft cover and also a Kindle edition from amazon.com. Thanks Dave and Nata…

Maturana spoke eloquently in his proposition to explain the origin of patriarchy in our western cult…

Bill O'Hanlon is a valued friend and colleague. He learnt from Milton Erickson and went on the create…

Cloé Madanes wrote in “Rebels with a Cause - honouring the subversive power of psychotherapy Network…

What is reflection? If we look in a mirror, we have the chance to see something new, something that …

My first book, Healing with Words, resulted from an unexpected invitation from a publisher after she…

In an inspiring interview recently Scott Miller said “The key is for therapists to listen for how cl…

There are some things worth avoiding - being run over by a bus, putting your head in a lion’s mouth …

Some colleagues recently asked me to write about Guilt and Shame. When we or our clients experience g…

It can take a lot of time and effort to not do something. I’ve found at times that if I’m feeling ov…

Soranus, a Greek physician of the 2nd century AD is credited with the invocation "Primum non nocare"…

Taoism honours easy. Wu-wei [effortless action] is mentioned recurrently in Lao Tzu’s Tao te Ching. …

I continue to collect interviews with wonderful clinicians and teachers and others have found them u…

Here is a small eBook as a compilation of the short posts I offered. I trust it will be useful remin…

On every plane flight, in the safety demonstration, we are told “In the unli…

Fernando Flores writes that confidence comes from knowing our competes and our incompetences. There i…

The solution approach builds on Erickson’s beautiful starting point that everyone has more resources…

We know instinctively, and research confirms, the contribution of the therapeutic relationship to ef…

Whenever a client comes for therapy, they always bring a mood of resignation - no possibility. I’ve …

Trust will always be an issue whenever we have a problem - distrust of our body, our partner, the wo…

We all know how important listening is in our work. We have witnessed clients’ relief when they expe…

We all want to do our best to assist our clients to relieve their suffering, but how can we do this?…

Someone asked a Rabi “Why is it that whenever I ask you a question, you always answers with another …

In our fast moving, acquisitive society, action rules. “Don’t just stand there, do something!!!” If …

The word “belief” comes from an old English root “lief” which also gave us “love”, and allows us to …

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Jay Haley delivered an enchanting invited address to the 6th International Conference of Ericksonian…

I notice that we live in a noisy world. There is noise everywhere, and if there happens to be some q…

Groucho Marx said that he would never belong to a club that would have him as a member. I want to be…

When Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not the centre of the universe, he was excommunicated. In…

My friend Ryan Nagy posted this video on his blog and I found it to be too beautiful to keep secret.…

Is there life after death? Religions have something to say about this. Heaven or hell? The wheel of …