I had lunch with a health professional friend the other day.  Later he emailed me saying "The last few times we have met you have mentioned the importance of attachment style in determining aspects of the interaction between patients and health care professionals."  He went on to raise a series of questions about health professional-patient relationships,...

I have just been in Belfast for the BABCP Spring workshops & conference.  My mind is still buzzing from all the input.  It was exciting.  I went to Arnoud Arntz's workshop on Schema-Focused Therapy.  I have been to several training days with Arnoud before, but it was helpful getting an update on what he is doing.  At the conference proper, highlights for me were the first reports by...