People have been asking this question for a long time. What is altruism? It can be defined as an ‘unselfish, intentional behaviour and attitude to ot…

The other day I saw a TV-program about men and depression with an alarming prognosis: The World Health Organisation predicts that within a decade dep…

Introduction Question: Can counselling support the resilience of vulnerable children and young people to the impact of adverse events, such as domes…

Sometimes as you go about your daily activities, you are suddenly hit by an old memory, something awkward or embarrassing. Perhaps a situation where…

“Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.”  Viktor Frankl We are meaning seeking creatures that cannot truly be at…

Tearful one minute furious the next. Teenagers are changeable at the best of times, but at this time of year levels of emotions can really peak due t…

I guess that we all know people who have lost weight with a particular diet club or method only to have all the weight slowly creep back on again. “I…

It’s become a cliché – you ask your therapist a question and they reply with another question. For many new clients the lack of self-disclosure by t…

Do we equate financial abundance with emotional happiness? I know that I have. I’m sure that we’re all aware of stories in the media of the rich and…

It is amazing how many people are ‘brainwashed’ into thinking that their key to success lies in the personal torture and magic ‘cure alls’ (that inev…

Here’s a few of my favourite ways to beat the blues. Pick the ones that chime with you: Phone a friend – catch up and have a gossip. Or better sti…

A therapist working from a strategic counselling perspective, like that of the Human Givens approach, will seek to help their client to quickly deal…