The act of surrender is key if the addict is to recover. The identification statement that one is an addict, allows the small self to open to surrend…

New Year’s confrontations? It’s that time of the year again when stressed out couples start to think of the New Year with its new beginnings and fre…

The pace of life in the 21st century is very fast and there is so much pressure on us all to keep up that we can lose sight of who we really are and…

One of the issues that can bring women in their late 20's and their 30's to therapy, is relationships and the lack of what they feel is a suitable pa…

So when and where do we learn to have good sex? A sexual relationship that lasts beyond the initial passionate lust of the early days. Perhaps all o…

We usually come to therapy because we are unhappy, or dissatisfied; because we want to change. Often, what we want to change from is feeling anxious…

The change of season from autumn to winter can throw up new challenges for those with disabilities or illness. The cold weather can exacerbate pain,…

Trauma leads to a variety of alterations in the human body impacting not only on our physical health also our emotions, our relationships and how we…

We have expectations of our relationships. Perhaps they are formed in our childhood watching Disney princesses; perhaps it is watching movies where d…

Going through midlife changes, some people have little or no discomfort whilst others may be experiencing unhelpful thoughts and uncomfortable feelin…

"Is it ever ok to become friends with a client? I mean when the therapy has ended."This was a question asked recently by a fellow counsellor on an on…

April 2016 and I was fortunate enough for a job and myself to stumble on each other. This amazing role was running the bereavement service in the bus…