Much of the content of this blog post is taken from an article I had published in "Therapy Today," in December 2022. 

With Enid Blyton’s...

I have just waved my youngest daughter off to school for her last day of school. Presents in her bag for the teachers and a black marker pen...

At this time of year, you may be receiving invitations to return to your old boarding school to revisit, celebrate and meet up with fellow old...

My colleague Sara Warner and I provided a training day for Therapists in London who wanted to understand more about the ways boarding school may...

I hear this often.  Sometimes clients come with trepidation, aware that Boarding School was very traumatic for them. Others come saying,...

In 2019, 4 former teachers and the chaplain from the boarding school I went to were jailed for sexual abuse. I could name you several others, who...

This is a question I have been asked often.

Unfortunately, most people I work with who are exploring the impact of their boarding school upbringing...

A 16-year-old boy was charged with two accounts of attempted murder in a boarding school in Devon.  He wishes to remain anonymous, but with...

John Bowlby's Attachment Theory explains the impact that early childhood relationships and experiences have on our development. He attains that...

This morning I received a message from my 18-year-old daughter who is currently partying away at the Full Moon Party in Thailand. "I think I'll be...

#suicide

Thursday, March 15th, 1990.

I was sitting in history when we noticed some disruption over the field by the railway line. At break, we were...

When my lateral flow test was positive and my children's tests were negative, we made the decision for my children to spend the ten days with their...