For many people coming to therapy for the first time, there is often an important question on their minds “How can talking about my past change the w…

Our mind and our thoughts are not always under our complete rational control, even if we would like them to be. We can’t always decide rationally whi…

An invitation to explore how you feel can lead to a dilemma. Acknowledging and naming feelings is risky. It inevitably opens a door to a range of iss…

I have an interest in the split between our inner and outer worlds, and the popularity of everything that is physical. The things I am talking about…

Relationships are not easy. From the day we are born we need to learn - sometimes painfully - how we get on with those around us and get our emotiona…

Find out more about this common mental health concern.

Anger can be a healthy emotion and can help us to assert ourselves if expressed in appropriate circumstances to perceived insults, bullying or person…

'Over to you, dear client - you are the expert!'This may sound like an abdication of responsibility by the therapist, with experience and training be…

Catwalk modelsThe World Health Organisation guidelines state an adult with a BMI below 18 is considered malnourished and 17 severely malnourished. Th…

This week, a charity has said that people living with schizophrenia are not getting the support they need.

Anxiety can become a habit, like a comforter to an infant, or a cigarette to a smoker. These habits cannot be broken just because society says they s…

There have been a number of reports in recent weeks of the rising demand for counselling services in universities, and ensuing debates about the caus…