A new and quite extraordinary, indeed unprecedented, scientific study of cyclothymia has shown that it can be cured using a powerful combination of t…

Q. What are the main psychological effects of childhood sexual abuse? A. This depends very much on the type and duration of the abuse. Some of the f…

Today I want to talk about emotional mugging. Say what? Right…it looks a bit like this. On a recent weekend, I had planned to head out to gorgeous…

Experiencing the loss of a pet can be as heartbreaking as losing a family member. Learn about grief stages and find support to heal.

When a partner has an affair, it is difficult to believe that the relationship isn’t over. For most men or women, betrayal is a bitter pill to swal…

Many people find themselves at some time in their life looking after a relative or friend who is elderly or has physical or mental health problems. …

In the practice of ‘Feeding Your Demons’ negative emotions, fears, illness and self defeating patterns are befriended and transformed. It is a proces…

Often couples seek counselling because of an accumulation of painful experiences between them that have led to it becoming impossible for them to com…

According to a report which is to be published in next month's British Journal of Psychotherapy, boarding school can leave adults struggling to form…

Have you ever spent time with a mother and baby? Ever really watched what goes on between them? What happens when the baby cries? Does the mother pa…

Consultation rates are consistently lower for men than they are for women in seeking help for psychological difficulties, especially emotional diffic…

John Gottman, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Washington, has spent over twenty years studying 2,000 married couples to unde…