Having worked in mental health services for several years, I have been struck by how often counselling is misunderstood as a 'space for someone to ju…

Anxiety sometimes rips you apart. This is not the type of pain that is curable with a pill, and this is not a form of anguish that can be relieved by…

One trend which often appears after any holiday period is the increase in the number of couples seeking relationship counselling. This pattern repeat…

Often, during states of emotional intensity, we panic that we will feel this way forever and that the emotion we are feeling will never change or lea…

Psychodynamic therapy is a therapeutic technique that is used to help clients work through entrenched issues such as depression. Often, this particul…

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people engage in the act of setting New Year’s resolutions, and at the end of that year every year hundreds of t…

As we leave Christmas Day behind us and start to look into the new year, it’s only natural to begin to reflect. After all, winter is a time for intro…

"I wish we’d come earlier" is a phrase that is often heard from couples who’ve taken the brave step of coming for therapy. This is usually followed b…

Loss, unfortunately, affects us all at some point in our lives, and we will likely struggle to make sense of why this loss has happened and how we co…

If we were to believe the depiction of the perfect family life that gets portrayed in movies and TV ads, we’d be fooled into thinking that everyone's…

From passionate love to compassionate love - what happens when we love our partner but we’re not in love with them any more? Relationship counsellor…

Do you struggle in social situations such as parties, when making presentations, or performing in front of others? Learning to acquire social skills…