LGBT Couple Counselling - UK Nationwide

21/06/2025

" are as good as therapists" 😲

I just asked Gemini to list all the words, along with a count of their appearance, in alphabetical order from the scene between the Black Knight and King Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".

I had to scan the list to find it had omitted the word "scratch",

And people think LLMs are going to treat their mental health?* 🤔

*Actually I regularly embrace clients' discussions on using LLMs because as a counsellor my training and experience actually helps clients word queries to LLMs much more helpfully than querying them alone. But this was fun 😊

30/03/2025

It's becoming a common question of therapists, so FWIW: I neither use AI in my counselling work (summarising case notes, asking for clinical advice etc), nor do I use online tools that hold/store client's personal information (such as note taking).

09/01/2025

Smoggie Queen's - Sal's Song
(Transcribed from S1E6).

Original song title, composer & lyricist unknown at this time. Performed by Patsy Lowe.

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Behind picket fences,
On cul-de-sac roads,
That dampened your spirit,
for why, you just didn't know,

You wore your wife's clothing,
While she was at church,
And it made you feel normal,
When normal life hurt,

Then you came through our door,
You're not strange any more.

Cos some of us belong to the night,
Disco lights are here to guide you,
Some of us belong to the night,
Leave those cares far behind you.

Some of us belong to the night.

Your rolodex flickers,
On the 31st floor,
And the sound of it echoes,
Off the white Formica walls.

And you dream of the weekend,
Tight white denim jeans,
From Rita the Eater,
The Disco Dancing Queen.

Then you came in to our door,
You ain't strange any more.

Cos some of us belong to the night,
Disco lights are here to guide you,
Some of us belong to the night,
Leave those cares far behind you.

Some of us belong to the night,
Leave those cares far behind you.

Some of us belong to… the night

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Lyrics from Sal's Song (Smoggie Queens)LL

01/10/2024

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26/04/2024

16/04/2024

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Today it's okay to say that I'm not feeling okay,
at the moment life seems to be work with no rest and no play;
But, I know others feel the same and it won't always be this way.

06/04/2024

UPDATED: Top 15 Reasons why Couple Counselling* Fails to work (sometimes...!)

*Throuple Counselling, Group Counselling etc.

Top Reasons why Couples Counselling fails to work (sometimes). Valuable insight from a Professional Therapist with 24 years expertise…

18/03/2024

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02/03/2024

What can the Japanese art of teach us about after we've been wounded by our most intimate of relationships?

What can we learn from Kintsugi that will teach us how to integrate faults & breaks into our relationships…

02/03/2024

"Just because you fit in, doesn't mean you're in the right place…”

27/02/2024

What happens when we have a Real Couple Counsellor answering the questions gay couples put to Google Gemini?

Answer in the comments…