

What Happens When You Take Therapy Outside
The course framework is rooted in TA's concept of life script; the early decisions we make about ourselves and the world, often formed before we had the language to question them. Andy reflects on something that will feel familiar to many practitioners: that when a child feels misunderstood by the humans around them, they often turn elsewhere. To a pet. To a tree. To the garden. There's something about the wider world that is different.
jane@northside
Apr 24


"You Don't Need to Be an Expert in Everything": Debbie Thomson on Working with Eating Distress
Eating-body distress is rarely about food. Debbie Thomson explores why a relational and attachment-informed approach changes everything about how therapists understand and work with this client group.
jane@northside
Mar 13


Why Working With Couples Changes You as a Therapist
There is often a moment in couples work when the atmosphere shifts. Not dramatically — just a tightening of tone, a small recalibration of posture. And you realise the work is asking something different of you.
jane@northside
Feb 27


Post-Supervision Reflection for Therapists: Integrating Supervision into Clinical Practice
Over the years, I’ve noticed that supervision rarely produces dramatic breakthroughs. More often, it produces subtle recalibration — a formulation softens, an assumption loosens, an emotional response becomes clearer. Occasionally it unsettles certainty. Sometimes it restores it.
The question, for me, is not whether supervision was useful. It is what happens next.
jane@northside
Feb 19
