My practice in Wrexham, North Wales and Whitchurch, Shropshire has enabled me to work successfully with clients who have brought to sessions a wide r…

“Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness” – Mandy Hale Being lonely leads…

Western culture tends to focus largely on the verbal, rational and critical – “thinking” modes which are governed by the left side of the brain. It p…

This is quite a difficult question to answer! Counselling is many things, not least a journey of self awareness and discovery but also a chance to le…

What is anxiety? Anxiety is a term used to describe a broad range of reactions to excessive fears and worries, such as panic attacks, phobias, obses…

Losing a loved one to suicide brings profound shock, unanswered questions, guilt, and anger. This article explores the complex emotions and healing pr

It has become common knowledge that being judged, labelled is harmful. Schools have recognised this as being an issue and have developed a no toleran…

Success and how to achieve it has had people scratching their heads and looking over the shoulders for millennia. Enter any book shop and I’d wager t…

It usually seems to me that more and more people have heard about cognitive behavioural therapy (or CBT), but then that’s what I work in, so maybe th…

In the context of continuing austerity and the forthcoming election, the BBC Radio 4 consumer programme You and Yours, recently featured a phone-in o…

Following Self-Harm Awareness Day, we discuss the importance of talking about self-harm and why it shouldn't be seen simply as 'attention-seeking'.

Imagining attending a group therapy session. That first time of speaking, of revealing something about yourself in front of a group. Heart racing, sw…