My heart sinks as I turn on the TV to hear yet another doom and gloom story about lost jobs, bad banks and repossessions and see the impact it has on…

Winston Churchill called it his “Black Dog”. Over 300 million people in the world may suffer from depression, and 25% of the U.K. population will exp…

Feelings of loss from a relationship break-up or the death of a loved one may be traumatic, but sadness and depression are not the same thing. You ma…

Depression is a serious illness and it is different from the common feelings of unhappiness or of being fed up for short periods of time. Depression…

There is much written about anxiety attacks (proper name: panic attacks). Some is helpful, some not, the latter because it’s either commercially moti…

Managing Parental Stress Being a parent can be one of the most rewarding things we can do in our lives but it can also be one of the most frustrating…

I've been struck recently with the number of clients who seek counselling because they are feeling stressed and unable to cope with the demands of da…

Hyperventilation When we over-breathe we take in too much oxygen and we breathe out too much carbon dioxide (CO2). We need CO2 to absorb oxygen into…

Depression is the number one mental health problem. Rates of depression are continually rising and increasingly striking younger people. Twenty years…

Brain structure - old and new brain parts In simplistic terms, the brain is made up of ‘old’ and ‘new’ parts. The ‘old brain’ part, our primitive re…

Feeling anxious Feeling anxious and stressed is a part of the modern world we live in. At times, it’s almost as if we’re telling ourselves being str…

OCD is an anxiety disorder and many of those that suffer from it realise that their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour is irrational but the…