The hangover is over and you have almost forgotten how much you drank over the holidays. What you can't forget is how you felt afterwards. You told y…

Just about got through Christmas? Glad to finally be back at work or that your partner has gone back to work? Not sure where to turn as you love your…

It is perhaps never an easy time to stop drinking or taking drugs, but the lead up to the Christmas holiday season can be a particularly difficult ti…

Figuring out the intricacies of our psychology can feel exhausting. Sometimes it seems easier to think of things in nice, simple terms – black and wh…

A lot of my clients have asked me what benzodiazepines are and what they do. I am interested in helping my clients effect change without the use of m…

We only exist in our parents’ gaze until we learn how to view ourselves objectively. Beginning from the moment we are born, the process of emotional…

Living beyond addiction Many counsellors work regularly with people who are experiencing addictions and have realised that these were having too muc…

So, many of my clients tell me of the enormous relief that sharing their fiercely guarded shameful secret has on their lives. The initial fear turns…

Humans get it wrong sometimes. Throughout life, there is every possibility that we will make a mistake, hurt someone we love, do something wrong, or…

Some people can watch porn and not have any negative consequences on other parts of their lives. Porn for them is recreational and not obsessional an…

We might see psychotherapy as the process whereby we are supported in coming to terms with the opposites of many of the things we want in our life. F…

Are you in a relationship with a problem gambler who is struggling to stop gambling? Or is there a family member who has been adding to debts by comp…