Published Work

>> 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