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It has become common knowledge that being judged, labelled is harmful. Schools have recognised this as being an issue and have developed a no toleran…

Success and how to achieve it has had people scratching their heads and looking over the shoulders for millennia. Enter any book shop and I’d wager t…

It usually seems to me that more and more people have heard about cognitive behavioural therapy (or CBT), but then that’s what I work in, so maybe th…

In the context of continuing austerity and the forthcoming election, the BBC Radio 4 consumer programme You and Yours, recently featured a phone-in o…

Following Self-Harm Awareness Day, we discuss the importance of talking about self-harm and why it shouldn't be seen simply as 'attention-seeking'.

Imagining attending a group therapy session. That first time of speaking, of revealing something about yourself in front of a group. Heart racing, sw…

Society tells us to always put our best foot forward. We are taught to distance ourselves from the negative aspects of ourselves and there are attrib…

When you decide to see a therapist you are both together entering an alliance. This alliance is a serious one. You are both agreeing to commit to a r…

You may have been journeying through life, ‘coping’ and ‘just getting on with it’, when you wake up one morning and think, ‘I just can’t face the day…

Are headaches or migraines a problem for you? Do you sometimes feel that emotional factors or stress are contributing to the problem? Maybe counselli…

A study published by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2001 found that practicing mindfulness meditation for an average of just tw…