The process of identifying your child’s developmental delays, obtaining a diagnosis, researching the route which is best for your child and then secu…

Firstly let’s just spend a moment thinking about the name “panic attack”. What a name to give to anything. The very name itself tells the person that…

By the time you reach the end of your counselling, you'll hopefully be feeling that it has been a positive, worthwhile experience; especially as you…

With the Government in the midst of its £173m overhaul of mental health services in order to improve access for people suffering from common mental h…

A therapist explains what solution-focused brief therapy is, and how it can help you achieve your goals

Fairbairn’s theoretical formulation seeks to account for the way in which the infant’s actual experiences with people structure his or her internal w…

A therapeutic counsellor explores what is emotional intelligence and how it can be learned as we grow

EMDR is NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) recommended for the treatment of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). However,…

Melanie Klein developed play technique with young children from the 1920s onwards using drawings and a small array of simple toys. She found that the…

A counsellor explores research on how sex reassignment surgery may impact current or future relationships and support available

During the past three decades there has been renewed interest in psychological trauma. This interest has been fuelled by the experience of American v…

This short paper summarises two books on sexual perversion and neosexuality: Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred by Robert Stoller and Sexualities…