When we feel pain we usually want it to go away, want to ‘get rid of it’. Paradoxically, this movement of pushing the pain away, refusing to embrace…

You are not alone if you are suffering from unemployment stress, signing on at a job centre and applying for job after job can have a huge effect on…

Most therapists could draw up a list of ten books such as this.  Each would be different and all I can do is give my own personal list. The following…

Spring can be the time of fresh starts, after a long drawn out winter. Getting fit for the summer to cutting down on alcohol consumption, taking up a…

The nature and purpose of counselling is to provide a non-judgemental, confidential, pressure free space in which people can freely explore their tho…

Death is the universal constant which connects us all, wealth or poor, famous or unknown. Yet dealing with death seems a unique process to us all. Gr…

There is a lot of noise around the issue of gay marriages and when I read a number of prominent comments by religious leaders I felt that their descr…

In my work with people battling obesity, during nearly 20 years of practice, it never ceases to amaze me how most people are ‘brain washed’ into thin…

Becoming disabled can mean facing up to big changes in how a person feels about themselves, what their lives are all about, their relationships with…

Being human is not easily definable, even though on a basic level we are all obviously the same, sharing basic human traits like speech, motor skills…

When work becomes your life and your stress levels are crying for help, it is time to stand back and take a deep breath. Worrying and stressing all…

As a Therapist when confronted with a situation where empathy is needed it is important to be aware of how we use empathy, which can at times be conf…