Beginning therapy can be daunting. The following guidelines are not a rule of thumb but can help you think about what to expect from...

My parent was an alcoholic ; IT’LL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME  She started to drink as a way to cope that makes her less able to cope.   Knots...

Cultivating an attitude of curiosity and self acceptance is crucial. A therapist can help with this. Trying to change can open you up...

Why is using too much internet pornography a problem?

Sexual arousal, is highly subjective and takes place in the mind as much as the body. Our fantasies can contain our past traumatic histories

If you want therapy that works relatively quickly, consider DIT. Obviously any depth approach to therapeutic change takes time, but...

If you are seeking help for your mental health struggles, our reduced fee scheme may be a more manageable way of getting the help you need.

Given the chance to live your life over again, would you do anything differently? People often come into therapy looking for a kind of...

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Simone Weil In the 1994 film Ladybird, the protagonist pays a lot of attention to...

The charity NACOA https://nacoa.org.uk/ provide an invaluable helpline for millions of children who live with an alcoholic parent. This...

True awe means knowing that the blind hope of a star struck trance can be an intoxicating beginning. Hope is the light that sustains us.

Jung defined synchronicity as the ‘acausal connecting principle’, the meaningful connection of two or more events that seem unrelated but a

One night a man was crying, Allah! Allah! His lips grew sweet with the praising, until a cynic said, "So! I have heard you calling out,...

Therapy often starts with a puzzle or a mystery to solve. Someone says they want to meet a partner and yet never goes out. An unwanted...

When people begin therapy, it can be hard to accept that appointments need to be at the same time and place each week. The emphasis on...

On the impact of the internet.... Paxman: It’s different delivery system though isn’t it? Bowie: The interplay between the user and the...

If we are too focused on safety and remaining comfortable, we lose the experiences that make our short time on this planet so wonderful.

What happens when we fall out with people we have to see at Christmas?

‘Dread is just memory in future tense’ D. W. Winnicott Rhythm and routine are intimately connected to our well being in subtle ways. One...

Therapy is often idealised as a place where there is no judgement. Of course that is an ideal because even therapists can’t work without...