You are bogged down in feelings of despair or depression. Even getting out of bed in the morning feels like a gargantuan task. Getting through the da…

The Western world today is a place of complexity and fast-moving technology. Change is happening around us all of the time – it’s like being in the m…

Do you sometimes find yourself acting in ways that are ‘out-of-character’?  Do you struggle with powerful surges of emotions such as anger or envy an…

Clients often talk about feeling confused and 'messed up' when they come for therapy. Recalling events can be difficult. Things seem hazy and putting…

We all have times in our lives when we feel that we are not quite good enough. However, people who suffer from low self-esteem can often set standard…

My school friends recently organised a reunion (I’m not saying how many years – therein lays another article). Emails were exchanged for days before…

We all have days when the negative thoughts seem to pour in at our door. Our only defence is our self-belief and self-confidence. Yet often when we f…

Stanley Milgram (1963) carried out a famous piece of research that would be considered unethical today. Actors pretended to receive electric shocks w…

What can you say to your child when “everything will be OK!” is not enough?

It seems that the most frequent reason we delay or hesitate seeing a counsellor or a psychotherapist is because we refuse to admit that we have emoti…

A recent report from the services network Deloitte suggests that if you check your phone a lot during the day then you are not alone. But does it wor…

We may not realise it, but many problematic behaviours arise from the way we cope with feeling not good enough. We all feel this way at times and can…