“So here it is, merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun!” The old song by Slade, decorations in shops, and adverts on television all seem to promise…

Here are our new, free resources to help support bereaved and grieving children.

Awareness is about doing one thing at a time. It's about noticing what we are doing rather than racing through our days on 'auto pilot' driving our c…

Unsettling subconscious thoughts. If you go looking for something, anything, a lost possession or missing information, what do you want to find? Som…

Having a leadership role in an organisation comes with pros and cons. While some of the pros are visible and well recognised like money, social statu…

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths." - Etty Hillesum We’ve finally hit December and Chr…

If you suffer from any kind of anxiety, I’m sure you will understand when I say, “anxiety is the devil”. General anxiety disorder (GAD) is the most…

Counselling Directory writer Kat responds to Angela Lansbury’s controversial claims.

I sometimes use a toolbox analogy with clients. Over the course of sessions, we explore what resources they are already using to improve their mental…

Depression has the frightening ability to take away lives. It is not just feeling sad or blue. Depression takes away your happiness, your purpose in…

Boundaries are established, or not, in childhood relationships with parents or care-givers. These enable us to know and express what is acceptable an…

‘Sorry, I’m silly. I shouldn’t cry over this’ This is something we often say me when we become emotional in front of others. We become apologetic an…