Seven years ago.... Seven years ago, two women came into my professional life within months of each other. One applied for a role as a group facilitator. The other came to me for placement. Neither of them had much behind them yet. Today they are the clinicians I am building Aligned Minds with. I want to tell you how that happened, because it says something about what we look for here, and about what we think actually makes a good therapist. Juliette: gentleness that never ch

Last month, I lost my Father As a psychologist, I have spent my career studying what helps people heal: secure attachment, emotional regulation, self-worth, and connection. I have read the textbooks, sat with hundreds of clients, and trained in various frameworks. But in the weeks since his passing, as my siblings and I have shared stories about him, something has become very clear to me. My first and best teacher was never in a lecture theatre. He was a man who drove taxis a

“Am I enough?”