Sibling Contact After Adoption: Pros, Cons & a Psychoanalytic View (UK)
Decisions about sibling contact after adoption are rarely straightforward. Drawing on research and psychoanalytic thinking, this piece reflects on the potential benefits and emotional challenges of maintaining sibling relationships, and why each child’s experience needs careful, ongoing consideration.
Vulnerability & Development in the Supervisory Process
Vulnerability in SupervisionSupervision in psychoanalytic psychotherapy is so much more than a professional task. It is a relational, emotional, and often vulnerable experience that can shape both the therapist and the supervisor. When we approach supervision with...
Emotional World of Twins
Twin relationships are often idealised from the outside, yet many twins quietly struggle with the emotional intensity of their bond. In psychodynamic psychotherapy, it becomes clear that twinship carries its own internal language, history and unconscious expectations — all of which can shape how twins understand themselves and relate to others.
Adoption and the Inner World: A Psychodynamic Reflection
In this month’s blog, I reflect on a published paper by psychotherapist Cristina Guasto, which explores the emotional complexities of adoption from a psychodynamic psychotherapy perspective.