Since retiring from my consultant role in the National Health Service, I have often described myself as having a portfolio of work, because I do various different sorts of work

I wrote the last blog before I tested positive for COVID. So now, despite the fact our relative has moved nearer home, we still can’t visit. The hope was that

Are we post-COVID? I know lots of people in a range of contexts who have, or have just recovered from, COVID. At the same time, we are behaving as though

In Our history – our heritage: Storthes Hall I wrote about my paternal grandfather’s older brother, James Stanley Garside, who was born on 6 May 1892 and admitted to Storthes

Thinking about history, both my own family history (see previous blog Our history – our heritage: Storthes Hall ) and the history of mental health care, I attended a webinar

Earlier this year, with a colleague, I co-edited an edition of Context, ‘the magazine for family therapy and systemic practice’ (see this link for more information). Our edition focused on

Dr Claire Hilton has a wonderful title, Historian in Residence at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and her latest blog (see this link) asks: ‘have you ever wondered where all

I was recently asked to take part in a debate about “cyber-psychiatry” (I prefer the term tele-psychiatry). My task (with others) was to oppose the motion, to argue against seeing

When the pandemic first led to a lockdown in March of this year, like lots of other people I was precipitated into online working, and this meant that most of

During the recent COVID-19 restrictions I have taken part in quite a few webinars. In fact, I’ve almost become addicted to webinars (usually free ones!) I now find them very

Two colleagues and I edited an edition of Context on working with older adults that was published in the autumn. If you want to find out about Context, this link

I recently went to the Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice conference in Newcastle upon Tyne, held in a hotel with glorious views overlooking the river. What am I