Exhausting, frustrating, heartbreaking, worrying, emotional; just some of the words that might be used when describing being in the situation of supp…

Sometimes clients come to counselling to talk about a long term problem that is not going to change, for example a degenerating physical problem, or…

For some elite performance coaches, “pressure” has replaced “stress” as one of the defining challenges in modern life as we are increasingly faced wi…

Resilience is often described as the ‘ability to bounce back’ from life’s challenges and setbacks. Ideally the bounce should leave us better and str…

You may be suffering with depression yourself or may have a loved one or a friend that is struggling right now. Take a look at this article and learn…

‘I want to change… as long as I don’t have to.’ This is a contradiction in terms. Clients come to counselling seeking change but then resist it, putt…

Do you sometimes want to slink away, hold onto that glass to steady a shaking hand, cringe inwardly and wish you were more like ‘so and so’? We all n…

One of the most common reasons people seek to have counselling is that they are suffering to some degree with anxiety and/or depression/low mood. In…

When life is difficult clients sometimes feel like they are battling for survival. When things feel like a fight our human tendency is to tighten up…

How many counsellors does it take to change a light bulb? ....It doesn't matter, the bulb has got to want to change! We all need something that mot…

Workplace stress is something that is more talked about these days. Whether work life is more stressful now than in the past is difficult to quantify…

 A counselling room, Tuesday afternoon at 4pm, April 2018, five minutes into the session with a client who has been attending weekly appointments for…