I guess that we all know people who have lost weight with a particular diet club or method only to have all the weight slowly creep back on again. “I…

It’s become a cliché – you ask your therapist a question and they reply with another question. For many new clients the lack of self-disclosure by t…

Do we equate financial abundance with emotional happiness? I know that I have. I’m sure that we’re all aware of stories in the media of the rich and…

It is amazing how many people are ‘brainwashed’ into thinking that their key to success lies in the personal torture and magic ‘cure alls’ (that inev…

Here’s a few of my favourite ways to beat the blues. Pick the ones that chime with you: Phone a friend – catch up and have a gossip. Or better sti…

A therapist working from a strategic counselling perspective, like that of the Human Givens approach, will seek to help their client to quickly deal…

It is now possible to completely and permanently alter our faces and bodies in a single day, give or take a few thousand pounds - but what effect doe…

Many approaches to working with people whose alcohol use is excessive are based on the 12 step model of Alcoholics Anonymous.  This works on the beli…

There is a lot of talk, publicity, and attention being paid to something called ‘Mindfulness’ which is supposed to be a new way of being aware of our…

A phenomenon rarely commented on in society is the significant minority of grandparents, who having had their their children when young, are now faci…

According to statistics, a mugging takes place every two minutes (on average) in the UK. So, what is it that drives muggers to launch these vicious a…

We all have an ‘inner critic’ – the part of us that tells us we’re not good enough. In many people it can be a fierce, even bullying, voice. It’s th…