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…

Anxiety or fear is a very natural response to what we see as a threat in our environment. The fear response gives us three choices when we see someth…

Depression or, as I prefer to name it; feeling low, can impact up to one in two of us at any time in our lives (Moffitt and others, 2010). It is also…

Struggling with anxiety? In this article, we explore how therapy can help.

Firstly let’s just spend a moment thinking about the name “panic attack”. What a name to give to anything. The very name itself tells the person that…

EMDR is NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) recommended for the treatment of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). However,…

Most people who find themselves reading this article will be doing so because they think that they or someone close to them might be suffering from d…

A panic attack is a discrete period of severe fear or discomfort that can last from several minutes to a few hours. Physiological symptoms include ch…