How can accepting life's challenges help us feel more positive?

Do you have it? Do you need it? Is it OK if you don’t have any? How do you deal with it?  Love and marriage, the workplace and a career, sports and…

There have been many recent headlines about obesity. Currently, we are the second most obese country in Europe. It is predicted that by 2030 36% of m…

In recent years increasing attention has been paid to mental health in elite sport. Research shows that while sports people are susceptible to mental…

This article explains to children, young people and their families that there are positive alternatives and choices when it comes to addressing your…

The stereotype of counselling is often 'looking back at problems' which is true but only so that the client can resolve the issues, remove the barrie…

Often we may know that we want to change something about the way we live but do not know how to go about it. Partly this is because we live inside th…

Having spent so many years working with problem drinking, my perspective on alcohol has gone through much change and introspection. I sometimes wonde…

What is a perfectionist?A perfectionist is a person who has to get everything right. They tend to have excessively high standards and continually fee…

Recently, I was kindly asked to speak at Hull and East Riding diabetes network meeting on the effects of diabetes on sexual functioning and relations…

The first 12 step group, alcoholics anonymous (AA), was founded in 1935 by two American men who found a way of tackling their alcoholism. Since these…

Can relationship counselling help us? A question posed by many couples every week. The answer is not a simple one and it relies on many factors for…