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Thinking of setting up a practice of your own? Psychotherapist Derek Draper offers some useful advice for budding therapists

To what extent are we defined by our own history - and is it possible to break free from the constraints of our past? Derek Draper examines the ideas of three key thinkers

Labour spin doctor turned psychotherapist, Derek Draper describes how his battle with depression led to a fulfilling career in therapy

Derek Draper: True, I didn't know my RSS from my elbow. But now I'm a blogging believer

It's only natural to be excited about Barack Obama - but if you habitually set your hopes too high, says Derek Draper, you could be heading for a fall

Derek Draper: After Cameron's showboating, Labour's poll numbers show Brown is seen as the real deal

Review: Outliers - The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Derek Draper learns little he didn't know from Malcolm Gladwell's latest

Derek Draper: Peter Mandelson has created a samba in a tea-cup by announcing he'd like to join the contestants on Strictly Come Dancing

Review: All in the Mind by Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell's riveting tale of a shrink's breakdown echoes his own battles with depression and drink, writes Derek Draper

Derek Draper: Loyal, strong and Labour to his fingertips, his return at the top table of British politics will be a massive asset to the PM

Derek Draper: The Tories' slick PR falls apart under scrutiny, as I've discovered in Birmingham

Derek Draper: The Tories say they've changed, but this speech showed that, for all the progressive language, it's an empty claim