The importance of supervision in maintaining the best possible therapy If you are seeking counselling or psychotherapy, you might not be aware of the…

This is the last part of a four-part series about how to understand, manage and overcome comfort eating. If you are not sure whether your overeating…

Lockdown has had a profound effect on everyday life. Enforced time spent together at home or forced time apart, as well as the pressure to entertain…

Counselling is becoming more recognised for the help it can give people. Reducing the stigma of 'having problems' that has always been around for peo…

One of the reasons our anxiety or stress can often spiral out of control is because we confuse the probability of something happening with the possib…

Everyone can feel they have made a mistake but when you feel that you are a mistake, you are experiencing shame. It is a pervasive and destructive em…

When so much is happening in your life and everything is feeling like it’s out of control, one way to put this control back in your life is to have a…

Anxiety is a different experience for every sufferer, but there is one feature I see as common to myself and my clients – the pull towards going over…

There is a recurring theme in my patient work, whereby I will be told by a patient, “I’m frightened things will fall apart, that things won’t work fo…

Introduction – the distressed couple Falling in love is the exciting part, but staying in love can be challenging. As the ebbs and flows of making a…

It’s getting colder and darker outside. There is a pandemic going on in the world and we are worried. Our energy levels are decreasing. Is it depress…

If a period of time stuck inside gives me the opportunity to do anything, it’s to have a good clear out of my drawers and cupboards. Although I have…