A new NHS service has been launched allowing patients to manage their depression and anxiety by texting.

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All individuals referred to in this article are fictitious. Christine and Peter have been married for 23 years. They have two children, Monica, 15 a…

As both a counsellor and a counselling supervisor I have come to value the support, ‘holding’ and opportunities for learning afforded by the counsell…

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Couples who come for counselling are often there because they find themselves completely unable to bridge the gulf between them. Normal conversation…

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Anxiety can be debilitating, interfering not just through physical symptoms but also by creating the mental torture that can accompany an imagined fr…

It’s so hard to describe what deep shame feels like. It feels so painful to even talk about the feelings of shame that words dry up; the body feels h…