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Some relationships are more difficult than others. We can all think of someone we know who requires a gargantuan effort to get along with and who lea…

Christmas can be a very happy time, but it can also be a very time, energy, and money consuming time! In this article, I want to give you five ways…

Miscarriage brings with it a wealth of emotions - notably grief and loss. Whether you lose your baby/babies early in the pregnancy or in the later st…

When I was younger I was shocked when my GP friend told me that on Christmas Day his wife announced she’d been having an affair and was leaving him.…

Freud said that the goal of psychoanalysis was the transformation of neurotic misery into ordinary unhappiness. Roughly one hundred years later, we m…

Do you often feel that, as a parent, you’re struggling to find a satisfactory balance between providing for the needs of your children and caring for…

If you're considering counselling or psychotherapy, you might be asking yourself whether it's worth it? You might be questioning ‘do I really need to…

"November has tied me to an old dead tree... get word to April to rescue me," sang Tom Waits on his 1993 song, "November". Perhaps you can empathise.…

Change can be scary. We share six ways you can help children recognise and work through their feelings when faced with big changes.