As children we were taught that we should be able to control our thoughts; some of us would have heard “don’t cry”, “stop feeling sorry for yourself"…

The government definition of domestic violence and abuse is: ‘any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour,…

Working with victims of domestic violence, I've heard some very bad cases of women being physically hurt by their partners. Most of them knew from be…

Self-esteem by the rich and famous: “Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than in our own…

Fusion means blending together. In acceptance and commitment therapy or ACT "fusion" means a thought and the story or event it refers to become stuck…

Compulsive gambling, sex addiction (including pornography), compulsive retail/ shopping, and obsessive online gaming are all categorised, in addictio…

There’s much in the world these days to genuinely destabilise us: Abrupt shifts in geopolitics, the growing potentials of war, climate change and The…

Most of us will want to live a happy life. But what if it’s not as easy as it sounds?

We spend much of our lives stressing about what never happens. We lie awake at night feeling anxious about what may happen. We can argue, criticise a…

Many of us will experience compulsive behaviours from time to time in our lives. Some gamble, some eat, some shop too much, some spend too much time…

Some levels of stress are healthy and normal in life and can help to challenge us or allow us to come out of our comfort zone. However, extreme long…

I can't tell you how many people I have asked this question over the years, and I always wait to hear one important difference in the answer. The dif…