A quick glance through newspapers and online shows that search for happiness is top of the news agenda. Whereas questions like: What does life mean?…

When do we need to forgive? When do we need to ask for forgiveness? Are some things unforgivable? Thinking about forgiveness I realise what a comple…

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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…