When searching for anxiety online, many clients find that a lot of the information is really long-winded, medical, and scientific. I don't know about…

Addiction to alcohol is no different to addiction to any other drug... except that alcohol is legal, widely available, and used as the drug of recrea…

In light of World Mental Health Day on October 10th, there has never been a better time to look after yourself and your mental health. I find colour…

At present, we are experiencing unprecedented uncertainty in the UK - our political leadership, Brexit (deal, no deal… or what?), environmental conce…

Back in the 70’s, my own awareness around (anxiety/stress) body tension began way back when I was a district nursing sister, having taken on a studen…

Anxiety - that horrible feeling when your brain won’t stop buzzing, when your jaw is clenched, your palms sticky, and your heart is beating so quickl…

I’m going to talk about why I often refer to the Russian Dolls in my consulting room as a tool to help with understanding our feelings. Sometimes we…

Are you an emotional eater? I’m going to share with you some questions that will help you start to understand why you associate food with comfort and…

When you work in the counselling profession, I would estimate that around 95% of all problems that enter my room emanate from a lack of communication…

People start relationships with wide-eyed enthusiasm and dream-like ideas of lust and adventure, but what happens when 'reality' kicks in? And how do…

I recently visited an antique and second-hand tool shop. It was crammed from floor to ceiling with old tools and restored tools, and it made me think…

It can be very difficult to decide how to take the first step in getting some help for issues that you are currently facing. It may be that we are no…