Welcome
Welcome to the blog section of my website.
My aim here is to add entries that clarify commonly used psycho-speak, offer information around mental health and wellbeing, and provoke thinking and discussion around those topics.
Some mental health related terminology has come to be used so liberally that its meaning is often diminished, devalued and misapplied. Of course language evolves and sometimes vocabulary comes to mean something entirely opposite to its original use. As this happens we need to find new vocabulary to describe the original concepts. I aim to keep abreast of current common use as well as how terminology is used in the research literature in order to be clear in the messages I am intending to put across.
There are many publications, books and articles written about almost any aspect of mental health. I read continuously and attend CPD as required by the NCPS (my professional body). I will attempt to summarise key points from my reading and other learning and point website visitors to experts, authors and material I have found interesting and valuable.
By offering my own thoughts, questions and perspectives on mental health and wellbeing issues, I hope to provoke others to think more broadly or deeply about issues we sometimes take for granted - and share and discuss their thinking with yet more others.
I welcome comments on my posts or suggestions for new posts at my email: louiseknightcounselling@gmail.com.
Projection: How we use projection to build narratives that keep us stuck
Projection: How We Build Narratives to Avoid Facing Ourselves Projection is one of the mind’s oldest survival strategies. When something within us feels too uncomfortable to acknowledge—fear, insecurity, guilt, anger—we push it outward and assign it to someone else. Instead of recognizing I am hurt, we insist you hurt me. Instead of admitting I feel […]
Blame: Understanding Why We Use It and How to Let It Go
Blame is something we all experience—whether we’re directing it toward others, toward situations, or most often, toward ourselves. In moments of stress, conflict, or disappointment, blame can feel like a natural way to make sense of what went wrong. But while it may offer temporary relief or clarity, it rarely helps us move forward. As […]
Attachment Revisited: Universality, Culture, and What We Might Be Getting Wrong
In this second post on Attachment, I want to explore and reflect on the fascinating ideas presented in Different Faces of Attachment: Cultural Variations on a Universal Human Need, edited by Hiltrud Otto and Heidi Keller.
We need to talk about daycare…Post 9 – Conscious and Unconscious Memory
Belief - They will not remember it when they are older. There are two things wrong with this as an assertion that day nursery is an acceptable form of infant care. First, there is a suggestion that there is something that would be better not remembered. Second, it is true that they will not remember […]
We need to talk about daycare… Post 8 – Time, Quantity v Quality
Belief: Its quality of time not quantity that is important. We can compensate by…holidays, house, activities. Quality of time spent together with children is important of course, but so is quantity. Infants need love. They require loving responsive attention to their needs in the moment. Infants need to feel safe and secure. After the period […]
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