>> Jeff Weston
Literature published by Thinkwell Books, UK
‘My Practice’ column (4) for BACP’s Private Practice journal
Feature Articles (13) for BACP’s Private Practice journal
Book Reviews (13) for BACP’s Private Practice, Therapy Today & Thresholds
Literature
Wagenknecht
– ALL MEN crack up at forty
Columns
Spring 2025 (March)
Column 1: Why do we do what we do?
Summer 2025 (June)
Column 2: Fall Guys
Autumn 2025 (September)
Column 3: War
Winter 2025 (December)
Column 4: The Long Stare
Feature Articles
Autumn 2019 (September)
Feature Article: Sanity, Identity and Confidentiality
– A case against increasing professional rules and regulations
Summer 2020 (June)
Feature Article: Supervision – Necessary or Not?
– A case against (our expensive one-to-one mandatory obligation)
Spring 2021 (March)
Feature Article: Where is Happy?
– Why is happiness so rarely mentioned in counselling and psychotherapy literature?
Summer 2021 (June)
Feature Article: The Deadliest Choice
– Whether suicide is a higher form of self-censorship or taking back control
Autumn 2021 (September)
Feature Article: Understanding Anger
– Life’s blunt saviour or the most hideous of emotions?
Spring 2022 (March)
Feature Article: Introverts Need an Audience Too
– In a culture that values extraversion over introversion, what might we be missing out on?
Autumn 2022 (September)
Feature Article: Walking Towards the Black Dog
– There is sanity in depression despite its excruciating nature
Spring 2023 (March)
Feature Article: Boredom – creativity’s nemesis
– When we jettison something vital inside us or have something taken away, boredom often comes to the fore
Autumn 2023 (September)
Feature Article: Paranoia
– A necessary, heightened state in the face of a messed-up world or irrational conviction?
Spring 2024 (March)
Feature Article: The Third Age
– Does old age have to be an awful period of exclusion or could it be a time for knowing what really matters?
Autumn 2024 (September)
Feature Article: Being Comfortable with Discomfort
– Understanding how prevalent failure is in all walks of life is crucial to our wellbeing
Spring 2025 (March)
Feature Article: Loneliness
– Loneliness is the most pressing issue in society today, and for that reason, counselling too
Autumn 2025 (September)
Feature Article: Where Hides Sleep?
– Some of us champion sleep successfully, while the insomniacs among us try valiantly but fail
Book Reviews
PP – Winter 2017 (December)
TT – September 2017 (Volume 28 / Issue 7)
The Handbook of Person-Centred Therapy and Mental Health: Theory, Research and Practice
PP – Spring 2018 (March)
Mood Swings: Managing Anger, Anxiety and Low Mood
PP – Summer 2018 (June)
TT – May 2018 (Volume 29 / Issue 4)
A Web of Sorrow: Mistrust, Jealousy, Lovelessness, Shamefulness, Regret, Hopelessness
PP – Autumn 2018 (September)
Journey to Release: Counselling in a UK Prison
PP – Winter 2018 (December)
Psychological Therapies for Survivors of Torture: A Human Rights Approach with People Seeking Asylum
PP – Spring 2019 (March)
Growing Pains: Making Sense of Childhood – A Psychiatrist’s Story
PP – Summer 2019 (June)
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
PP – Autumn 2019 (September)
Existential Therapy (Psychotherapy and Counselling Distinctive Features)
PP – Winter 2019 (December)
T – January 2020
Nietzsche and Psychotherapy
PP – Summer 2020 (June)
The Brink of Being: Talking about Miscarriage
PP – Winter 2020 (December)
Pathologies of the Self: Exploring Narcissistic and Borderline States of Mind
PP – Autumn 2021 (September)
Keeping Your Head in the Game: Untold Stories of the Highs and Lows of a Life in Sport
PP – Autumn 2022 (September)
Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created Our Mental Health Crisis