My father had been in hospital recovering from a minor stroke, yet today felt like any other Monday as I cajoled my daughter to leave the house to get to school on time, and dropped my son off at his primary school, then racing to catch a bus to UCL for a training. On the way back, I was so… Read more →
Psychoblogical
Imagined and Anticipatory Grief
Here I would like to talk about grief and trauma, in particular imagined grief, or anticipatory grief. In this article, I will be illustrating the themes of trauma and loss with my own personal experiences. As other therapists and psychologists will recognise, we are all trained and conditioned to remain very boundaried in how we separate our own private and… Read more →
The Pandemic Brain – coming out of the fog
For over 100 years, we have known that as soon as we become stressed or experience any kind of trauma, our cognition becomes impaired. It has already been evidenced that the stress arising from the pandemic itself has activated neurological changes in the brain. Indeed, the novel and shocking ingredients of the pandemic with its anxiety, uncertainty, isolation and loneliness… Read more →
Coronangst 20_19 The Fatigued Second Wave
The World Health Organization (WHO) informed us of the consequences of the world’s mental health if governments and world leaders don’t recognize and work to address the problem, sooner rather than later. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated: “The COVID-19 virus is not only attacking our physical health; it is also increasing psychological suffering: grief at the loss of loved ones,… Read more →