As the cold, hard edge of winter closes in, most of us experience some kind of mood change. Darkness descends - we go to work in the gloom and come h…

Gaming disorder Earlier this month (October 2019), the government announced a new service for gaming addicts aged 13-25 at the Centre for Internet a…

We tend to talk about ourselves using 'I' statements: 'I just feel hopeless', 'I’m so indecisive', 'I feel so terrible'. We also often diagnose ourse…

Addiction to alcohol is no different to addiction to any other drug... except that alcohol is legal, widely available, and used as the drug of recrea…

When searching for anxiety online, many clients find that a lot of the information is really long-winded, medical, and scientific. I don't know about…

At present, we are experiencing unprecedented uncertainty in the UK - our political leadership, Brexit (deal, no deal… or what?), environmental conce…

Below the surface of your mind, in the deep neural structures of your brain, is a hidden world. Dark and forbidding, we might think of it as deep spa…

I consider myself lucky to be learning from the best. After a good few years of the required training to become a counsellor, my real education has n…

Feeling sad - a universal experience Sadness is a natural human emotion, and we will all experience it at different points. Life provides us with co…

September is often a time of transition for many of us. Your children may be starting school or moving from one stage of their education to another;…

Counsellors often meet people in private practice in a state of crisis. They may come for help with anxiety, grief, or because they are struggling in…

What is a relapse? Depression is not so much something that can be cured; more something for which we have a variety of treatment options. It operat…