Performance Anxiety (PA) sufferers engage in common thinking traps that lead to emotional distress and self-focused attention (concentration turning…

Take a look at these comments: “Every time we have a disagreement, I walk on eggshells, I try so hard to get my partner to understand where I’m com…

Inside us all is a pure voice telling us which way to go and what is right for us. From our first sounds and noises most of us spoke uncensored and f…

Juggling the work/life balance can be complex, particularly for those who may be dealing with relationship/marital problems, health issues, money wor…

This article considers how the story line and characters from Alice in Wonderland can be used within the counselling room to enable clients to explor…

I recently heard that in relationships that all arguments, tensions and breakdowns are based on one thing’ Do I Matter to You?’ The western world se…

According to Emery (1992) ‘Intimacy and power are argued to be the basic dimensions around which relationships are structured’. Power struggles betwe…

After conflict one may experience guilt, the result of statements or actions of experiencing guilt may be closely flowed by feelings of shame, which…

One of my favourite questions when working with clients is: "If you were looking back on this event 5 years from now, what would you think?"The reaso…

Hitting a crisis point in your life can be scary. The idea of counselling can be a daunting one, often surrounded by the mystery of what to expect.…

According to the Health Protection Agency, an estimated 86,500 people in the UK are currently living with HIV, 28,000 of them in London. The number o…

Quite some time ago now, a colleague had cause to quote to me "If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got". That cer…