What is trauma?  I wanted to talk a little about trauma and what can happen, as well as the fascination of how the body and mind work to keep us saf…

I think one of the greatest betrayals that ever shaped the fabric of mankind must be the concept and application of parental abuse. The perversion of…

Abuse in childhood brings many adults to counselling support and quite rightly, but often not until many difficult years of trauma through denial and…

Coronavirus, emergency and trauma This current situation, ongoing for as long as it will take, has come with a much-overlooked side effect. This, un…

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety-based disorder that is caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events. It can includ…

In order to help with the symptoms of trauma, we need to think of the trauma response as being an accelerator. I often remind my clients that trauma…

I’m not sure about you but this has been an incredible experience for me; living with the threat of the coronavirus. It has certainly been an uncerta…

When we are trying to change a behaviour or a response, it can be a frustrating and baffling process. Why, if we try so hard, are we still doing the…

It all seems to happen quickly, unexpectedly; you zone out as if in a dream, a short movie of an unpleasant event you’d rather forget running quickly…

As I started to write an article about traumatic triggers on the afternoon of Friday 29th November 2019, I first heard reports of the incident on Lon…

'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens very much contains themes of trauma, therapy, and the transformation of healing that can bring about changes.…

What is PTSD? The word 'trauma' is used clinically to describe the experiencing or seeing of shocking or dangerous events, where either yourself or…