EFT (also known as Emotional Freedom Techniques or Tapping) is a method that uses a combination of the manual stimulation (tapping) of...

I am reassured by scientific evidence that a psychotherapy method works. We label such methods ‘evidence-based.' So, is EFT evidence-based?

Blows to our prejudices as psychotherapists are both extremely helpful and deeply humbling.

In this video, Jeremy de Tolly gives sound advice to those seeking a therapist.

Welcome to the experience of being human! Most of us have set New Year's resolutions. Yet, somehow we lacked the willpower to carry them...

We all fight reality in the sense that we don't accept things as they are. And, "Why should I?" you might ask. "There are so many things...

There was a strong reaction to a Facebook post of mine recently. The post read: “At some point you just have to let go of what you...

Traumatic experiences affect us very deeply. In fact, they can negatively affect almost every aspect of our wellbeing. If we are very...

So many people seem to be lacking meaning or direction that I've found that it has become a speciality of mine to help individuals find...

Do you feel that your partner really doesn’t hear you? Do you feel that you are deeply misunderstood? Do you just want to be listened to...

Life in an uncertain and changing world is stressful for most of us. And, the more stressed we get, the more anxious and insecure our...

Over and over, I see clients struggling to make complex decisions – decisions about relationships, about their careers, about raising...

In 1994, there was a sense of tremendous hope for a united South Africa - for a rainbow nation. And, it feels like that dream has largely...

I have been feeling ever more uncertain about the future of South Africa and I - like so many of my friends and my clients - have felt...

I’ve been very lucky in my life to have had first-hand experience of a number of prominent spiritual teachers – amongst others, the Dalai...

I met with a friend and colleague – a well-known clinical psychologist and hypnotherapist in Cape Town – and one of the topics we...

When Georgia O’Keefe was a young girl, she became transfixed by the beauty of one of her dolls and thought to herself: ‘Maybe I could...

Our busy modern minds bombard us from morning to night with thoughts, the vast majority of which are profoundly unhelpful. The 'noise' of...

So many different practices are called ‘meditation’ these days that it can be extremely confusing. Here are six types of meditation that...