Charlotte Hastings is a psychodynamic counsellor trained in systemic family therapy, with a background in anthropology, teaching and parenting. She presents the podcast Kitchen Sessions, teaches ...

is a clinical psychologist based in Philadelphia, US. Her poetry, essays and feature articles have been published by The New ...

Though relationships are grounded in shared memories, some gaps and inaccuracies can help us live well in a social world ...

It’s not just youth’s happy memories that have a special weight Mixed in with the highly memorable rites of growing up are more troubling highlights. But these, too, can have enduring value by ...

Sometimes, when I’m grappling with a tricky topic, I pretend that I need to explain it to a child. For example, here is my attempt at explaining the purpose of this Guide to a notional nine-year-old: ...

Research with transgender people sheds light on the memory processes that allow any of us to navigate periods of change ...

Clanking cowboys, hard-working women and fighting dogs populate the landscape of an Aboriginal artist’s childhood ...

Scenes from books, movies and games sometimes carry as much weight as events from people’s own lives. We’re finding out why Ask someone to describe their most vivid and emotionally charged memories ...

‘Shadow’ is the term used by Carl Gustav Jung to refer to those aspects of yourself that you do not like or want to be associated with. You might even refuse to acknowledge them as being a part of you ...

My friend Greta gives the most amazing pep talks. She starts by asking you, ‘What’s the title of your pep talk?’ And after you tell her the title – anything from ‘You feel like you’re stagnating, but ...

What do people look at and what meanings do they make when a Kandinsky is on show in a power station guarded by a muscleman?

Small talk’ is a misnomer. Here are some simple strategies to transform it into an opportunity to connect, learn and grow ...