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The thorny and complex issue of how to be a man – never mind a therapist too – affects the I-Thou relationship and hence congruence itself

Thanks to John Daniel for an informative and stimulating article on therapy and online virtual worlds (‘The self set free’, therapy today, November 2008)

With the current emphasis on the importance of the relationship in therapeutic thinking and practice, are we in danger of ignoring the human need for separateness and individuality?

The growing interest in mindfulness has opened the doors of meditation to the helping professions, but mindfulness-based CBT represents merely the beginning of many possible connections still to be made between Eastern contemplative practices and Western psychotherapy, argues Manu Bazzano

Compassion without wisdom, argues Manu Bazzano, does not address the delusional nature of mental distress, and neuroscience risks explaining away the complexity of being human

As a person-centred practitioner, Manu Bazzano argues that an articulate critique of the stigmatising aspects of diagnosis is as urgent as ever, but also questions his life-long rejection of it

In an interview at the end of the 1990s, James Hillman said, speaking of his book The Soul Code: ‘My book is about a third view. It says, yes, there’s genetics. Yes, there are chromosomes. Yes, there’s biology. Yes, there are environment, sociology, parenting, economics, class, and all of that. But there is something else, as well.’

Men must be able to explore all their feelings – including aggression and violence – in therapy without being judged if they are to move towards positive change, argues Manu Bazzano

A good supervisor, care of self and respect for the client’s autonomy are the bedrock of good therapeutic practice

What does it tell us about attitudes to sexuality today that Relate can get happily into bed with Ann Summers, the well-known high street sex toy shop, to promote the results of their joint Sex Census? Manu Bazzano reviews the findings of the census and goes on to explore our changing attitudes to sexuality in an increasingly commercialised world where, he argues, the media’s representations of sex as a desirable commodity ‘collide with our natural human desire for mutual exploration, communication and passionate engagement’