‘On the Couch’, for paid subscribers of ‘The Art of Enchantment’, is an advice column on coping with the ever-growing challenges of life today, and living the enchanted life. From time to time, I’ll choose a question or two from among your emails, and write a long-form response.

I’m a depth/ archetypal psychologist who once was a practicing psychotherapist; I’m clearly not offering therapy here but you can ask me about problems you’re facing in living in the world today, and what it means to live an authentic life. You can ask me about the other subjects I specialise in and work with – folklore and mythology (European only, please), women’s stories, reclaiming the second half of life, writing memoir/ nature writing/ fiction … Your question can be personal or general, but do bear in mind that if I don’t know you I can’t give you specific personal advice.

(Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilbin. I promise I’ll be kinder than the Baba might be, if you wrote to her asking for advice …)

Email your questions to [email protected] only. Please be aware that I don’t reply from this email address, and any questions that you send in will only be answered, if they’re selected, here.

I’m really looking forward to seeing where this will take us, and to a new way of expanding my opportunities to engage with you all.

Sharon