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  • MEN WHO CONTROL

    (this essay was published in counselling magazine) This essay is written for trainee Counsellors, Counsellors, those…

  • Controlling Women

    (this the one the counselling magazine wouldn’t publish) I’ve written earlier of controlling men and the…

  • BUCKLOW: A town like many others.

    This is not a good place, like those towns that promise you smiles, or enjoyment, Bucklow…

  • beatties

    by name & nature. I came back to the family home after a year in care…

  • Tio Noel

    the uncle who co-opted me, used me as a sacrificial pawn in his rotten games. the…

  • to the forgotten social worker

    some things you have feelings for if you even if don’t know why: I hate blue…

  • book 1 chapter 3: assertiveness

    Strategies for Behaving More Assertivel Relationships are the essentials of life and society. Our relationships, loves,…

  • A lack of summer

    That year and the one before but we just carried on digging daddy and me. We…

  • letters never meaning to send

    writing these has not been easy writing letters never meaning to send has long been a…

  • the occasional mother

    Dear joyce my runaway occasional mother, which in itself is a too polite way of saying:…