Society tells us to always put our best foot forward. We are taught to distance ourselves from the negative aspects of ourselves and there are attrib…

You may have been journeying through life, ‘coping’ and ‘just getting on with it’, when you wake up one morning and think, ‘I just can’t face the day…

Is feeling depressed a sign of failure and weakness, or a normal emotional phase, which we all can go through from time to time? When I was in thera…

Depression is isolating and miserable, and depression during pregnancy or after giving birth often has an added ripple effect as the whole family can…

We often find ourselves saying, “I feel depressed” when we are feeling low, or miserable about life. Depression in its various guises can find its wa…

Anxiety and depression are the human response to excessive levels of stress. Stress can be triggered by fear, pain or intense emotional states that o…

In its mildest form, depression can mean just being in low spirits, it doesn’t stop you leading your normal life, but makes everything harder to do a…

The woman sitting opposite me was wringing her hands so hard it seemed she might twist them off the ends of her arms altogether. Her face was white,…

A recent study by the Priory group has shown that the word ‘depression’ is Googled every two seconds in the UK! Even as an experienced counsellor thi…

Are negative thoughts affecting your present day living? Negative thinking habits can leave us feeling frustrated, angry, despondent, fearful and ca…

In a lecture on positive psychology, it was said that people who don‘t listen to or watch the news frequently are less likely to be depressed or unha…

Anti-depressant actions Invited to draw a picture to illustrate how they feel, people suffering from depression often employ images like dark clouds…