New figures have revealed the number of couples getting divorced in England and Wales surged to its highest level in five years.  The Office for Nati…

It can feel an overwhelming pressure to embrace body positivity and to give your body 100% wholehearted acceptance. Rationally, you may feel resolute…

Many people come to see me for counselling. They come with different “issues”. Anxiety, depression, anger and many other problems. But eventually we…

Once shrouded in the privacy of the therapy room, self-care has now become a trite, overused and confusing buzzword. The consumer wellness industry c…

This is the third part of a four-part series about what you need to know to understand, manage and overcome comfort eating. If you are not sure wheth…

These are questions which frequently crop up in therapy with OCD and which are extremely important for OCD sufferers to know the answers to. In parti…

Our lives have been changed by the 2020 pandemic, and in this short article, I am going to focus on how we can move through what has, and continues t…

Growing into manhood is confusing and a little sketchy, don't you think? Despite my frequently unwise and dangerous behaviour as a youth, older men c…

When the client and counsellor meet for the first time, some therapists may offer thoughts on different counselling techniques. These can range from…

Our society too often labels men as the strong ones,  a rock, and that they shouldn’t need to ask for help. Then men believe that if they do, they wi…

Everyone is talking about the Christmas ad by Supervalue Supermarket. It sets the scene of a little boy waiting hopefully for the arrival of a very s…

Throughout our lives, there will be times when people we love are taken ill, perhaps we have to care for them, or they may even need a stay in hospit…