This is a brief explanation of three therapeutic approaches in counselling. There are many different types offering their own way of working and idea…

Psychodynamic therapy, transactional analysis, Gestalt, integrative therapy, person-centred therapy, humanistic therapy, core process, existential th…

Psychiatrist Robert Leahy begins one of his books on anxiety and worry asking the readers quite a particular question: if you had to explain to a mar…

Talking about people "having anxiety" is an odd way of phrasing it. It's akin to saying "people need water". If you are a living human (if you are r…

Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions: between four and 10% of the UK population will have an experience of depression throug…

For this month's article we are continuing our series on cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortions are errors or biases in thinking that can lead…

Spring has arrived. I notice too that “weeds” have appeared. I wonder, does this represent a part of one's self? Are there parts within a person who…

Am I experiencing anxiety? Do you spend a lot of time worrying? Do you often feel nervous, apprehensive or on edge? Do you feel that things are gett…

One of the main approaches used by counsellors is cognitive behavoural therapy (CBT). If it sounds complicated, no need to worry, it is not. The gene…

The temperature goes down, days get shorter, you wake up in the morning and outside it is already dark … you get out from work and outside it is stil…

Our mind and our thoughts are not always under our complete rational control, even if we would like them to be. We can’t always decide rationally whi…

Trauma is an experience of being completely overwhelmed, of being out of control. Trauma can be the result of a one-off event like a road accident, b…