People often ask, ‘How long is it normal to grieve?’ and the appropriate, although perhaps frustrating, answer is, ‘It depends, everyone is different…

Many of us are aware that stress and anxiety can affect our emotions, thoughts and behaviour. However, we are so used to living with and suppressing…

A considerable part of the work of counsellors is with people suffering from depression and anxiety.  What is depression and it there anything which…

I want to explore how clients who come into counselling that are unable to experience parts of their lived experience, how a Person Centred Counsel…

Why do I make the distinction between loss and bereavement? Well, bereavement is a reaction to the death of a (normally) loved one. This can be a de…

Suffering from anxiety, low self esteem, stress or depression? It’s the Thought That Counts ………. Fact : we all worry about something. So many people…

Bereavement is non-linear. Grief surfaces slowly or erratically. Kubler-Ross's 5 Stages of Grief offer compassionate guidance through loss.

I am often asked these questions by clients who want to visit me - two people have done already this week.  I thought I’d talk generally about the wo…

Bereavement Counselling: It is necessary to grieve after a loss. Your doctor cannot help with his chemical pills and he has no time to listen to you…

One definition of mental health might be an individual’s ability to enjoy life, a balance between different life areas (family, work, social, spiritu…

Have you always believed you are not good enough, that you take the blame for things going wrong, even when you haven’t done anything wrong, and th…

Under normal circumstance, anger is a very natural and healthy emotional state. However, for someone who has frequent flare-ups or anger that spirals…