Latest articles on counselling and therapy
The new normal
Coronavirus, emergency and trauma This current situation, ongoing for as long as it will take, has come with a much-overlooked side effect. This, unfortunately, unless looked at...
Why am I getting flashbacks from PTSD?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety-based disorder that is caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events. It can include symptoms such as nightmares,...
How to put the brake on in trauma
In order to help with the symptoms of trauma, we need to think of the trauma response as being an accelerator. I often remind my clients that trauma is something our body does....
How can we use this time in isolation to help us grow?
I’m not sure about you but this has been an incredible experience for me; living with the threat of the coronavirus. It has certainly been an uncertain period in my life and...
The process of change: hindsight, midsight and foresight
When we are trying to change a behaviour or a response, it can be a frustrating and baffling process. Why, if we try so hard, are we still doing the thing that we don’t want...
'Triggering', trauma, and the London Bridge attacks
As I started to write an article about traumatic triggers on the afternoon of Friday 29th November 2019, I first heard reports of the incident on London Bridge. It was not clear...
A psychoanalysis of 'A Christmas Carol'
'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens very much contains themes of trauma, therapy, and the transformation of healing that can bring about changes. The story almost takes the...
How therapy can eradicate symptoms of PTSD
What is PTSD? The word 'trauma' is used clinically to describe the experiencing or seeing of shocking or dangerous events, where either yourself or others are threatened with...
Don't all counsellors deal with anxiety and depression?
In the US and Canada, counselling is seen as a normal thing for someone to do and is just like going to see a GP for a physical illness. In the UK however, we are not so...
EMDR therapy
Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR) is recommended for post-traumatic stress by NICE. The therapy involves using eye movements, taps, or buzzers to create bi-lateral...
