One of the main approaches used by counsellors is cognitive behavoural therapy (CBT). If it sounds complicated, no need to worry, it is not. The gene…

The temperature goes down, days get shorter, you wake up in the morning and outside it is already dark … you get out from work and outside it is stil…

Our mind and our thoughts are not always under our complete rational control, even if we would like them to be. We can’t always decide rationally whi…

Trauma is an experience of being completely overwhelmed, of being out of control. Trauma can be the result of a one-off event like a road accident, b…

The latest understandings in neuroscience reveal important information for counsellors and psychotherapists including the importance of subconscious…

3am.  Tick-tock… tick-tock… tick-tock. The clock keeps on ticking. Your eyes are closed yet you are totally awake. A thousand thoughts bounce around…

Little did 'Lucy' know, four years ago, that she suffered from a little-researched personality disorder, listed in the DSM Guide as 'agoraphobia with…

It has become common knowledge that being judged, labelled is harmful. Schools have recognised this as being an issue and have developed a no toleran…

It usually seems to me that more and more people have heard about cognitive behavioural therapy (or CBT), but then that’s what I work in, so maybe th…

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

I wonder what will you be doing on June 12th say around 5.00pm. Perhaps the date may invoke a sense of anticipation or dread, or alternatively just c…

We all experience a wide range of emotions. There are many emotions which we experience as a pleasant e.g. love, happiness, pride, relief, enjoyment…