One of the cliché questions that therapists are teased for asking is ‘How does that make you feel?’. I don’t care much for these questions because my experience is that they never seem to produce very much in response.

I share a few anecdotes with you as I think about some of the situations I’ve encountered in my work. They’re anonymised or composites. I’ve called them ‘From The Edge’.

To people entering therapy it can often feel like a huge deal. They don’t know us, they could be scared of what we might discover, they could have doubts about whether therapy might even make things worse for them.

What is the number of clients you should work with in private practice? What constitutes a manageable, viable and fulfilling case load? What is too few, too many, too little, or too much?

Are you feeling stuck with your clients? Why now and what can you do? Here are some tips for you to get The Work moving again.

‘You’re my sixth therapist.’ Why would a client come to therapy expecting or even hoping that it would end in failure?

Supervision is invaluable for finding ways of helping quieter clients who need your help just as much.