The health service is quoted (The Times Monday January 6th 2014) as saying that postnatal depression is more common than many people realise and case…

A national charity is alerting armed forces veterans to new support available locally, for those suffering from the effects of military PTSD (Post Tr…

The effects of trauma can have a devastating impact on our emotional lives, our ability to work and even to cope with everyday tasks. If we are unluc…

As science is helping us understand more about how our brains work, we are discovering how certain anxious and traumatic memories can get trapped in…

A phobia is “any uncontrolled, persistent, irrational fear that is accompanied by a compelling desire to avoid the object, activity, or situation tha…

Most of us think of the famous (or infamous) Anglo-Saxon swear word as one of the most powerful words that anyone can say – although, of course, some…

A recent incident between Nigella Lawson and her husband Charles Saatchi is discussed by some in the context of domestic abuse. What is this and how…

For many people, the writing process might be seen as little more than a functional requirement of day-to-day living - anything from the hastily scri…

The public murder of a soldier in the streets of Woolwich in front of passers-by, and the subsequent replay of mobile phone footage alongside media r…

A controlling relationship is when an individual will begin to dominate and intimidate their partner, often through emotional and/or physical abuse.…

Many people coming to counselling are conflicted by different seemingly incompatible feelings. People talk of knowing cognitively what to do but that…

Trauma is a deep psychological wound, which ‘disorganises’ the mind. A wound of this kind, if not dealt with, does not heal of its own accord. Wherea…