by dev | May 4, 2024 | wellbeing in law
Is your firm’s wellbeing like a stick of Blackpool Rock (no, we don’t mean sweet, sticky and bad for your teeth)??? The problem with wellbeing initiatives is that most of them are a bit, well, airy fairy! Concepts and principles. Charters. Broad-brush...
by dev | Mar 8, 2024 | mental health, therapy for lawyers, wellbeing in law
Social media continues to be full of conversation about the tragic death of Vanessa Ford (Heap) and the pressures on lawyers. But issues around wellbeing are more complex that people might assume. My time as a solicitor myself and, for the last 7 years, as a therapist...
by dev | Mar 3, 2024 | mental health, therapy for lawyers, wellbeing in law
“Nobody’s going to die…” When I was a lawyer, people used to say that to me when I was stressed. As in – what we’re doing isn’t life or death so don’t stress about it. It’s been a horrible couple of weeks in the press around death & suicide and, for those in...
by dev | Feb 15, 2024 | therapy for lawyers, wellbeing in law
No surprise to read that this is the case.. Why so for family law? 1. While I’m not at the coalface of the family law system anymore, by all accounts, it is screwed. Delays abound. There are no ‘rewards’ for good behaviour, good conduct. There are little consequences...
by dev | Feb 12, 2024 | therapy for lawyers, wellbeing in law
Anyone who knows me knows that I hate cliched sayings about well-being. Yes, they’re well-intentioned. But they can also have a demoralising effect. Because there are times in life (many) when there is no option but to operate with your “petrol tank” at almost empty....
by dev | Nov 26, 2023 | therapy for lawyers, wellbeing in law
It’s really tough to find an approach to well-being in law firms that hits the spot. Having said that, working with law firms of all shapes and sizes over the past 5 years has shown me that there’s a lot of common ground in the issues that firms face. And a lot of...
