Spring can be a time to get busy cleaning, tidying and organising your home. But how often do you really look at those dark nooks and crannies of you…

Social relationships play a fundamental role in defining our identities. We strive to live together in family settings, we have children with the hop…

I would like to dedicate this article to all those mums, who won't be joyously celebrating Mother's Day – not that they wouldn't like to! But instead…

If you have been hurt or betrayed in the past, you may start to resent the part of you that naturally expresses strong emotion, and decide to hide or…

When clients come in for their first therapy session, one of the most important aspects of it is to give them space to tell the story of what brings…

The 'black dog' metaphor is one of the ways people use to help them understand their depression better. 'Black dog' is the one who wakes us up in the…

I have decided to write about this topic because I seem to be seeing and hearing examples of it often as of late, I have seen it as a sign that the t…

We’ve all been there. That moment when something happens and your world is turned upside down. A loss, a pending divorce, a(nother) family feud, a di…

Late last year, Erica Jong published a book called 'Fear of Dying'. I thought it interesting that Jong, whose 'Fear of Flying' tackled a lot of sexua…

When your partner suggests marriage guidance or relationship counselling you are unlikely to be over the moon about it. Yet the reality is that it ma…

Anxiety is an emotion that activates physical responses in our body, such as a change in heartbeat, breath frequency and muscle tension.   The main…

The ‘celebrity battle with addiction’ is avidly scrutinised in the media and eagerly lapped up by us - the public. Alcohol and drug addiction are hig…