Safety makes separation possible. When relationships feel secure enough, distance, boundaries and independence need not mean rejection or abandonment. Drawing on psychoanalytic thinking, this reflection explores how we move from relying on external reassurance towards developing an internal psychological harbour: a capacity to remain connected while tolerating uncertainty and separateness.

Nous vivons à une époque de distractions chroniques. Il est remarquablement facile pour l’esprit humain de s’éloigner de la texture immédiate de la réalité et de dériver vers ce que l’on pourrait appeler familièrement le « Pays des Chimères » — un espace mental caractérisé par la rumination, […]

Reflections from the Digital Consulting Room There was a time in my life when I trusted almost entirely in logic. Long before I trained as a psychodynamic psychotherapist, I spent years working in the UK semiconductor industry. My world was built on timing diagrams, signal integrity, digital protocols, […]

Photo credit Franco Garcia @Pexels By Ari Sotiriou (MA, PGDip) UK Accredited Psychotherapist In the globalised landscape of 2026, the modern professional is often a linguistic nomad. We work in English, socialise in French, and perhaps argue in Greek. For the expatriate community—stretching from the financial hubs of […]

When a high-stakes career meets a personal crisis, the result is often an existential collapse that professional success cannot mask. Drawing on the British Independent School of psychoanalysis and the work of Donald Winnicott, this clinical reflection explores the "False Self" of the high-achiever. Through the composite case of Layla, a corporate lawyer in Tunis,...

“Flatmate Syndrome” describes the emotional and physical disconnection that can occur in relationships when partners start living more like housemates than lovers. This blog explores the phenomenon through a psychoanalytic lens, using object relations theory and Winnicott’s concept of the “good enough mother” to uncover deeper dynamics. Emotional withdrawal, fading intimacy, and parallel lives often...

In Greek mythology, few stories resonate as powerfully with the theme of emptiness as the myth of Erysichthon. Erysichthon, a Thracian king, brazenly cut down a sacred tree belonging to Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. In her wrath, Demeter cursed him with insatiable hunger, a torment […]