Whitestone Therapy

  Holiday plans - July 2025... (13.5.25) 13 May 2025 | 2025 posts An entirely personal note (nothing therapy related here) on planned break from my practice in July this year - with reduced hours also at end of June.  I will make an update to website closer to the time. -- A few months ago, with unexpected time on my hands in the office, I got caught in a doom-scrolling loop going back through old work emails.  I forget now what I was looking for in the first place, but after about thirty minutes on autopilot, I woke up with the sudden realisation it's been a lot of years since I've had any proper break from working... Later on I gave this more thought, and calculated that the last time I had more than two weeks off with  nothing-work-related-to-do-whatsoeve r was in 2001.  At that time I was unemployed for a couple of months before starting a job.  I think I also had 3 weeks in 2006, but I had three hard-going job interviews and a battery of aptitude tests...

  Introductory Phone Calls... (12.5.25) 12 May 2025 | 2025 posts A note about requests for introductory phone calls. People get in touch to ask about therapy services in a few ways.  The percentages are something like 80% via email, 10% text, 10% phone call.  I tend to leave my phone on ‘do not disturb’, so those who call will almost always be routed to voicemail.   This minimizes disruptions - important most days.   Emails are nearly always quicker to see and respond to.  You can read/reply in smaller pockets of time – e.g. between client sessions, while at lunch, on a morning dog walk etc - whereas voicemails are picked up at the end of the day.  This is often when away from my office and doing something like trying to eat dinner or going to bed!  This means a delay in responding until, at the earliest, the next day.  It's often longer, as the diary for the following day may already be full, and the voicemail will not be 'front of mind...