Latest articles on counselling and therapy

We take a look at what is empathy, empathy deficit disorder and hyper-empathy.

If there is someone with narcissistic personality disorder in your life, and especially if they are a family member, their behaviour can have a big impact on you. Other articles...

Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP)? Do you feel others’ and your own pain so deeply, that it almost seems unbearable? Do you often feel overwhelmed with crowds, loud...

The early years of our life are so important in how we learn to develop, function and grow as an individual and navigate and learn to relate to others. These formative years help...

Why therapy works - know thy selves Very often people seek out therapy because they have a problem they want to fix. They believe they should know what to do about a specific...

Emotionally abusive parents are manipulative, cunning and toxic. Brilliant impersonators these narcissistic fakes create a world of "alternative facts". Abused children wear...

A narcissistic personality hides their manipulation under a theatrical mask. The lights go down, the stage is set, scenery pushed into place and the performance begins. Mastering...

Emotional intensity is a form of neurodiversity that is most often misunderstood by our culture.  It is characterised by heightened and intense feelings, a constant stream of...

Triangulating others is used to gain an advantage over a perceived rival by manipulating the rival into conflict with another. Family systems theorist, Dr Murray Bowen, states: "A...

Personality disorders part one: narcissistic, antisocial, histrionic and borderline Our “personalities” are made up of our thoughts, feelings and subsequent moods and...