I'm a psychotherapist, but it's not what you think... By this I mean, I don't subscribe to the idea of being a 'blank screen' - as Freud once suggested. As a result, I've had to find a way of merging my personal identity with my professional values in order to be as authentic and transparent with my clients as possible. After all, how can I support people to find the freedom to be themselves if I don't allow myself to do the same? In my personal life, I spend as much time a