A few challenges of counselling that I have experienced myself and clients have shared. These are common factors that we can all relate to. 1) Is co…

The time around the birth of a baby is momentous. It is the start of a new relationship, one that is likely to be significant to you forever. Usually…

Dealing with a chronic illness can affect many areas of your life, including your relationships. Here we look at some ways to have a healthy relation…

Helping to get people active while offering a symbolic boost, aerial trapeze classes could help to change perspectives and lift depression.

A new study suggests breast cancer survivors are not exercising enough, even though it can improve recovery.

A surprising number of people in relationships today resent their partners. They find that they irritate, grate and make them angry and soon find the…

“It’s a living death” is what a woman in a BBC interview called living with her husband, who has dementia.  She described the loss of the person she…

Draft government guidelines for care changes in England could see thousands of adults lose access to home care.

Biological research of emotions was once excluded from mainstream science as emotions were not considered measurable. In more recent years scientists…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) often develops in childhood and adolescent years. It can begin as a form of self-soothing, to situations where th…

Why do couples and family members come to counselling, what issues do they bring and how might these issues have originated? Couples and family memb…

For some it is a cliché, for others a painful reality: when a relationship ends, we may be left with a broken heart. Indeed, it is not uncommon to he…