Anxiety can become a habit, like a comforter to an infant, or a cigarette to a smoker. These habits cannot be broken just because society says they s…

We live in a manic society, where being busy, active and target driven have become huge concerns.  Education teaches it, advertising and the media pr…

Many people who seek therapy have experienced traumatic and troubling experiences in their childhoods. Such experiences may include severe physical,…

Our mind often plays bad tricks on our discerning and rational abilities, without us being aware of what is happening. Cognitive biases are a form o…

Going off to university or college is a major life step, often involving leaving home for the first time, and it is proving to be increasingly diffic…

We all experience anxiety. Sometimes it becomes so intense that it completely takes over and we're unable to focus on anything else, meaning we end u…

Those who have seen anxiety up close agree it’s a disabling, powerful and wearing condition that can attack both the sufferer and their relationships…

Anxiety is something we all feel at certain times in life - it is part of 'the human experience'. We will usually move through it, feeling it as an u…

Therapists are forever learning. A session with a client in the not to distant past revealed to me how it is the way in which the person ‘puts togeth…

Many of us will recognise the uncomfortable anxious feeling meeting new people for the first time, or being asked to “say a few words” or to give a p…

It is not uncommon for some people to view panic attacks as a relatively trivial problem, and that all that is required is for people to ‘pull themse…

Meditation is an ancient practice to help your mind be more disciplined in focusing on the very present moment. This stills the mind and helps let th…