Like it or not (and most of us do), the internet and all its possibilities are here to stay. Even a technophobe like me would be lost without the abi…

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It’s an interesting question for men and the women around them; is therapy useful for men? Counselling is a long established method for working with…

A study by Relate in 2014, claimed five million people have no real friends. However, this picture of loneliness is too simplistic. It is perfectly p…

If you’ve been watching the latest series of Cold Feet, you will have seen Pete’s struggles with depression play out over the series. From his friend…

For some, therapy may heighten levels of anxiety, during and in between sessions. This  may not make sense to some because therapy is there to help y…

Remember what it was like to be a teenager? Were you popular? Did you have acne? Maybe overweight or have a speech impediment? How did you cope? Tod…

Throughout life we experience changes, some of them we choose, others are forced upon us. Changes can be both negative and positive but how we manage…

Georges Gurdjieff said that “Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at al…

I have set myself an impossible task. Answering the question ‘what does psychotherapy feel like?’ is a bit like trying to describe colours to a perso…

If we think of our lives as a trip, a hike perhaps, then our life experiences and emotions are like the backpack that we are carrying. Sometimes we a…

“We have a duty as human beings not to stand by and watch people being hurt for being different.”