The hangover is over and you have almost forgotten how much you drank over the holidays. What you can't forget is how you felt afterwards. You told y…

Just about got through Christmas? Glad to finally be back at work or that your partner has gone back to work? Not sure where to turn as you love your…

It is perhaps never an easy time to stop drinking or taking drugs, but the lead up to the Christmas holiday season can be a particularly difficult ti…

A lot of my clients have asked me what benzodiazepines are and what they do. I am interested in helping my clients effect change without the use of m…

We only exist in our parents’ gaze until we learn how to view ourselves objectively. Beginning from the moment we are born, the process of emotional…

We might see psychotherapy as the process whereby we are supported in coming to terms with the opposites of many of the things we want in our life. F…

By the time most individuals turn to therapy, they have tried to give up their addiction many times with willpower alone - therefore, suggesting that…

Two years ago I wrote an article for the Counselling Directory on the problems experienced in adulthood by those brought up in alcoholic or similarly…

When does social media viewing move away from a healthy curiosity into stalking behaviour? What is the harm in keeping in touch via newsfeed? What mi…

The government definition of domestic violence and abuse is: ‘any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour,…

Are you worried that you may have a problem with alcohol or drugs? What may be defined as addiction by one person, could be viewed as habitual behavi…

Are you concerned with your drinking? It can be a very confusing and distressing time when trying to decide whether or not you have a problem. A basi…