About the Author

Hi, my name is Oliver. I write about psychological suffering, the soul, and how they can enrich life. Drawing on the depth psychology of C.G. Jung, I have come to see emotional symptoms not as problems to fix, but as necessary ingredients for emotional complexity and depth.

In a previous chapter, I gained a medical degree and worked as a doctor in London. During those years I rotated through various departments, including psychiatry, oncology, and emergency medicine. I have also studied psychology at university level and have trained as a volunteer bereavement counsellor.

My writing serves as a refuge from daily life and a space in which to contemplate ideas. My aim is not to achieve clarity or intellectual understanding, but to stir the imagination and cultivate soul. In this I am most inspired by the work of James Hillman and Thomas Moore, who carried forward the essence of Jung’s work.

Over time, I intend to explore a range of themes. I am interested in the role of myth, dream, and story in psychological life, psychotherapy as care of the soul, reading the wisdom of the body, creativity and destiny, the search for fulfilling work, the crises of modernity, and more.

I live with my wife and two children in Redhill, at the foot of the Surrey North Downs. In my spare time I enjoy woodland walks, gardening, and learning the piano.