The moment school restarts in September, family counsellors, solicitors and relationship charities usually see their phones ringing off the hook. It’…

Research this week suggests that many people give relationship advice to loved ones on their deathbed. It seems many of us want to take the last chan…

The schools have broken up and the summer holidays are well and truly here. The irony is, holidays are often one of the most stressful times of the…

The household seems on the edge of chaos. Nothing seems to be happening. Parents are worrying about the children. The children are staying away from…

Being a mother to a toddler is a fulfilling and challenging experience that no one really prepares us to face. Everything is on the move: every day t…

Sibling rivalry - we know it, we've heard of it and we have indeed experienced it. It is accepted as part of normal family life and to a large degree…

How to parent pre-teens/teens, in forming healthy relationships In our private, silent, cyber world, (social media, mobiles, the Internet) our child…

An emergent theme in my practice has been parental impact upon children, especially during the first few years. The quality of early nurture seems to…

The journey to real empowerment is not unlike riding a wave, because when we are disempowered, we can often feel something, not entirely dissimilar t…

For some it is a cliché, for others a painful reality: when a relationship ends, we may be left with a broken heart. Indeed, it is not uncommon to he…

Why do our relationships cause us stress? We have those people close to us because we care for them, and surely they should be helpful relationships?…

Over the years I have heard much about the proverbial, ‘empty nest’ and the feelings and emotions surrounding it, but not until recently when experie…