Emotionally abusive parents are manipulative, cunning and toxic. Brilliant impersonators, these narcissistic fakes create a world of 'alternative fac…

You may have heard about EMDR as a therapy for trauma and want to know more. If you have two days to spare, read Bessel Van der Kolk’s wonderful book…

The first part of this article explained how traumatic memory gets stored in the brain and body (http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellor-a…

As a trauma psychotherapist and with personal experience of medical trauma, the lack of knowledge surrounding this specialist area has always baffled…

Whatever heights you scale or accomplishments you make, it feels like there is an emptiness inside. There’s that lingering question - what’s wrong wi…

Explore what trauma counselling may involve, including safety, trust, grounding and working at a pace that feels manageable for you.

What is inner child therapy and how can it help?

The news media in the UK are currently full of revelations about child sexual abuse in the world of football. Many men in their forties and fifties a…

Loss of desire can be so profound that it is as if it never existed. People who come to talk to me about their relationship tend to respond to my qu…

One of the many reasons clients come into therapy is to let go of the past. Sometimes, things that have happened can be overwhelming, and even though…

Trauma leads to a variety of alterations in the human body impacting not only on our physical health also our emotions, our relationships and how we…

Lifespan integration therapy (LI), created by Peggy Pace in 2003, is a gentle therapy that heals without the client having to 'sit' in their trauma o…