Freud’s The Ego and the Id (TEI) was first published 100 years ago, in April 1923. I am taking this anniversary as an opportunity to think about Freud’s contribution to therapy both historically and in terms of how he influences and has influenced its contemporary manifestations, with particular reference to the concepts of ‘ego’, ‘superego’…

In the following blog, ‘therapy’ is used as a term to describe both ‘counselling’ and ‘psychotherapy’ and the term ‘therapist’ is used to describe both ‘counsellors’ and ‘psychotherapists’ . I do not recognise any substantial differences in the meanings of the two terms or the two titles. Of course, this has implications for my views…

Evidence-based medicine can be conceptualised as a three-legged stool in which ‘the use of evidence (first leg) is to be balanced with the expertise of the clinician (second leg) and characteristics and context of the patient (third leg)’ (Wampold & Imel, 2015, p. 11). It has been further described as making ‘use of individual patients’……

In 2021 I did a presentation for Sussex Counselling and Psychotherapy (now, unfortunately, no longer active) about my thoughts on the future of counselling and psychotherapy. It’s a few years on and I intend to revisit this subject again in the near future but, for now, there is this, for anyone interested in my thoughts…

One problem, inherent in debates about therapy, is the use of the different terms ‘counselling’, ‘psychotherapy’ and ‘therapy’. There are some ‘counsellors’ and some ‘psychotherapists’ who insist that there are real differences in their practices. However, it is arguable whether there are any essential differences between ‘counselling’ and ‘psychotherapy’. Dunnet et al. (2007) assert that…

As at the time of SCoPEd 1 a year ago I am confused by the need for SCoPEd (The Scope of Practice and Education for counselling and psychotherapy). Minimum standards are already required to be a member of the BACP Register. If these minimum standards are viewed as not high enough, then it is these…