It’s not. Even your best friend ever has their own agenda, their own point of view which they want to share with you. You’re there for your friends w…

It’s true that many people wait until they reach crisis point before coming into therapy and that this is a crucial time to be getting the help you n…

Generally speaking, we don’t. Given that someone’s come to me in distress and seeking support, it seems odd, perhaps, that I don’t tell them what to…

Now that’s harsh. Nothing will stop us getting help like the thought of failure. But hang on a moment: can you fix your own car and teeth and boiler?…

Well, it could.  But it doesn’t have to.  If you’ve got a specific issue that you want to discuss and if we work in a focused and efficient way, we c…

Not in my therapy room! Naturally, there’s a right time for genuine laughter and times when it might actually be covering up another, less comfortabl…

Self-Injury or self-harm is still a subject that we as a society find difficult to talk about. It is rarely in the mainstream media and there is unea…

Some days counselling seems to have a theme; today it was how to be “normal”. Everywhere there seemed to be something to do with what normal actually…

Many men are struggling more and more with every aspect of their lives, from study to work and from health to relationships. Often books on the ‘pro…

When I was in my late teens or twenties I heard a programme on Radio 4 which focussed on the experiences of people in their seventies. It was one of…

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Transactional Analysis (or TA) helps to explain in simple terms why we think, feel and behave in the way we do. A number of therapists use TA as the…