Published in Woman and Home November 2006 When I tell people Annie and I have been together for decades, I’m not the only one who looks impressed - she does too. Although we’re both therapists with our heads full of coping strategies, we both remember the dodgy moments...
The Times – October 2nd 2006 ‘Survivor guilt’ is a normal human response to situations where we escape death by luck or by a miracle. For those male students ‘spared’ by the Pennsylvania killer for reasons that we may never understand in some appalling parody of a concentration camp...
Published in The Times December 9th 2006 Tick your two likeliest answers to each question. 1. We all know it’s the thought that counts and blessed are the giftmakers. But which of the following presents would you most like to receive for Christmas? a) Year’s subscription to the...
Published in the The Times December 9th 2006 Commissioned by The Times This year my partner and I will celebrate 30 years of living in sin. In fact we've been happily unmarried for so long that I am thinking of applying for heritage status with the...
Post-natal depression is well-documented in new mums, but can new dads suffer from it too? Psychotherapist Phillip Hodson investigates “Children are expensive and they make you tired,” is one of my more cynical observations, but it nearly always earns a nod of recognition from other dads....
4 October 2011, by Phillip Hodson Winston Churchill, Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, Alan McGee and Mark Zuckerberg all either dropped out or didn’t attend university. So, asks Phillip Hodson, why the obsession with grades and educational performance? You cannot open a newspaper now without reading dire warnings...
20 September 2011, by Phillip Hodson After decades of bringing them up, you can relax once they leave home. So, asks Phillip Hodson, why do you miss them SO much? Flown the nest: but maybe not for long. Photo by Steve Jurvetson For those of you still broken-hearted...
Skywalker hated his dad too. But they got on in the end, once they spent some time together The question to ponder is whether there’s a good reason why your child doesn’t like you, or feels safer with their mum. And before you reply, don’t even...
6 September 2011, by Phillip Hodson Teaching your kids how to cross the road, the theory of relativity and the chords to ‘Foxy Lady’ are just the start. You must also get the buggers to live within budget, says Phillip Hodson Plastic not-so-fantastic? Photo by Dinkel I don’t...