Knowing anxiety What do Abraham Lincoln, Vincent Van Gogh and Adele have in common? They have all suffered, like around 4.5% of the UK population, f…

There is an old saying in Buddhist folklore whereby if we point a finger at someone there will be three pointing back at us. When we are stressed, an…

A national survey by WebMD suggests that despite children showing signs of stress from the age of four, parents are not seeing a problem.

The nature of existence is dynamic, a constant process of movement. Our relationships with other people and with ourselves; our work environments, ou…

Supervision is a requirement for any counsellor in client contact. The cases being managed by the therapist are taken to supervision in a manner that…

Risks for teenagers are changing, could technology be to blame?

Have you ever walked into a room where there are other people and instantly felt peculiar? Anxious, perhaps, or angry when you‘d been fine just momen…

What is anxiety? First of all, it is important to be aware that anxiety is a normal response to what is happening around us. In other words, it is w…

The workplace is one area of our lives where it seems we are unable to avoid conflict. There is conflict at many levels. There is the competing roles…

Questioning sexuality is something often associated with teenagers; and of course this can indeed be the case. Bringing confusion and doubt into what…

We know that in order to solve a problem we need problem-solving skills. Intuitively most people are aware of the steps that they need to take when f…

As children, we experience many messages designed to tell us that emotional states are either positive or negative. 'Positive' emotions such as happi…