I have been a counselling psychologist in SE England for 15 years and among my clients there are many mothers with small children.  A phenomenon that…

All love relationships are going to involve conflict at some point. That’s because conflict occurs when someone’s needs are not being met. Even in th…

We have all been anxious at some time in our lives. That anxiety before a big exam, worry before a presentation at work, butterflies in the tummy whe…

It's been confirmed that meditation stimulates the serotonin in the brain, it's because of this, it prevents depression. Meditation increases the gre…

Most close relationships between couples, married partners and friends, eventually suffer from some degree of conflict or deterioration in intimacy.…

When considering psychological therapy, most clients experience fear and anxiety. This anxiety can manifest itself in many ways both consciously and…

So what have counselling and therapy got to do with Halloween? At first sight not very much. I am certainly not suggesting that therapists ever appea…

This article is a more theoretical view on what the feeling of emptiness means to us and how we can make sense of it. We are all familiar with the dr…

According to the basic Human Givens principles, good emotional health is achieved by fulfilling our needs, both basic and complex. Those needs will u…

In a study between pathologic gamblers and alcoholics, the gambling addict experienced stronger cravings than did the alcohol dependent person. (http…

Everyone worries about matters from time to time. Worry can be defined as a succession of anxiety-laden negative thoughts focused towards problem sol…

According to research recently published in health journal The Lancet, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is more successful than standard care when…