Explore reflections on trauma, emotions, compassion, mindfulness, body–mind healing, and Buddhist psychology.
These articles share some of the ideas that guide my work at Wisdom Psychotherapy and are intended to encourage greater self-understanding, emotional awareness, and connection with the body and mind.
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How complex trauma affects our relationship with ourselves, others and our bodies — and how compassion can support healing. Sometimes, the effects of trauma are not immediately recognisable. We may feel deeply hurt by criticism, become overwhelmed by...
How complex trauma affects our relationship with ourselves, others and our bodies — and how compassion can support healing. Sometimes, the effects of trauma are not immediately recognisable. We may feel deeply hurt by criticism, become overwhelmed by...
Health is sometimes divided into separate areas. We may visit one professional for the body, another for mental health, and look elsewhere for meaning, values, or spiritual wellbeing. Yet our lived experience is rarely so neatly divided. Physical...
This article discusses childhood adversity, including abuse and neglect. Please take care of yourself while reading, and pause whenever you need to. Experiences in childhood can shape how we understand ourselves, relate to other people, respond to stress,...
Most of us have an inner critical voice. It may tell us we are not good enough, that we should have worked harder, or that something is fundamentally wrong with us. For some people it appears occasionally. For others it becomes relentless and deeply...
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh wrote of looking into his bowl of rice and seeing that “this food is the gift of the earth and the sky.” When we look carefully, we may begin to see much more than food. We can imagine the rice field, the soil, the rain and...
Emotions are sometimes treated as problems to control, suppress, or overcome. Yet they are an essential part of our internal guidance system. At Wisdom Psychotherapy, emotions are understood as a form of body wisdom. They connect body and mind, helping us...
Buddhist Psychotherapy is a trauma-informed, body–mind approach to therapy. It draws on Buddhist psychology and contemplative practice and brings them together with contemporary therapeutic methods. It is an integrative framework rather than a single...