­When thinking of the term ‘mid – life’ it is usually associated with the term ‘mid- life crises’, a period ranging from 35 – 50 when we reconsider o…

This is an unusual phrase, Spiritual Toxicity (or Spiritual Abuse) which I first read about 15 years ago in Pia Melody's, Facing Codependence, (1989,…

One of the positive dialogues that cropped up following the riots is the ever present role of social media. Whilst it has many positive elements ther…

Definition of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)OCD is classified as one of the anxiety disorders and is defined as someone suffering from either ex…

‘The moody blues’, ‘melancholia’, ‘the black dog’, ‘down in the dumps’, ‘feeling gloomy’, ‘the blue funk’; we have so many different ways to describe…

Perhaps you have a problem? Is there no-one around who can help? Then perhaps if you find a registered counsellor that they can help.As a therapist w…

You're dating...it's new and exciting. You're being taken to smart restaurants, planning glamorous get-aways and you're even thinking about couples s…

In my last article I talked about the role of the counsellor as a kind of sleuth, a Dr Watson to the client’s Sherlock Holmes. Many clients think the…

Very often when couple come to see me with a difficult or breaking relationship it is fairly soon clear that they have lost the ability to really com…

Are there some causes of marital conflict, for example infidelity, that can only be resolved by marriage breakdown? The infidelity of one partner, o…

While counselling has been well known for many years as an affective therapy for depression, few are aware of how counselling and psychotherapeutic i…

Author: Maureen Williams – Kent Counselling and Psychotherapy Service (KCPS) Couples: Too Many Arguments in Your Relationship? -Understand what argu…