by Benjamin Fry An article in the Guardian this week asked why long-term breastfeeding and co-sleeping are parental practices that provoke strong reactions. Here are my thoughts… When we work with the nervous system (which we do because it affects both mental health and behaviours – so anxiety, depression, addiction, OCD etc.) we are effectively […]
by Benjamin Fry I came across this fascinating article in the Independent recently – Divorce in the internet age: It’s complicated – To move on after a relationship ends, you need to be able to forget. But how can you when the internet has such a long memory? This article brings up the pressing issues of boundaries […]
by Benjamin Fry The answer is yes, (or no) it doesn’t matter… Relationships are the final frontier of mental health. The journey to “should I take him back or not” begins a long time before with the loss of the self. This loss comes from the incomplete process of the automatic response of the nervous […]
by Benjamin Fry A recent article published in the Guardian discussed how Jasmine Harman’s mother’s obsession with hoarding was having a hugely negative impact on their lives… In trauma theory we work a great deal to manage the transition in the nervous system and in the body, from the sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic […]
