When loss or bereavement is harder than you thought... Throughout our lives we will all experience loss and bereavement, some losses unfortunately,…

The chances are that if you're reading this article you already have an understanding of what counselling is. At its simplest, counselling is a proce…

If you lack confidence it will effect your ability to excel and be the best that you can be. It is really important to believe in yourself. If you d…

Kate and John have been married for 15 years and never thought they would be sitting across from a relationship therapist. What had started as a beau…

In her compassionate and very useful book Constructive Wallowing, Tina Gilbertson talks about the importance of seeing a ‘feelings-friendly’ therapis…

One of the sayings frequently found in the self-help literature is attributed to Epictetus, "men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which t…

Tolstoy began his epic novel Anna Karenina with the famous line "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way". Is t…

Core beliefs are the very essence of how we see ourselves, other people, the world and the future. They often motivate our behaviour and how we respo…

Are you a person who never says no? Do you always push down your thoughts and feelings to please the other person? You might want to go to the cinema…

In his article, counsellor Mark Evans explains why people with low self-esteem experience anxiety.

It's harvest time – the apple trees are weighted with fruit. Exam results have either been announced or will be for our 16+ adolescents. One phrase b…

Domestic abuse needs to gain the recognition that it deserves and there are some encouraging signs. Organisations all across the country are more awa…