Rejection: The ups and downs of daily life
Sometimes a single piece of news can significantly change our mood Recently, having felt confident for some time, one of my clients unexpectedly cancelled our next and all subsequent sessions.…
Anxious? Stressed? There’s an app for that.
There's a fear in many sectors that automation will take people's jobs away. Will that ever happen to counsellors? Rather than delve into reams of theory about how interaction with…
New year, new beginnings
A new year marks a new beginning That much is true. But depending on our circumstances our year most probably did not start as it means to go on. In…
Are men and women different? This study says yes – kind of.
Are men and women different? A recent study at the University of Cambridge for Channel 4 delved into the Empathising-Systemising theory, which suggests that women tend to be more empathic,…
You want to feel less lonely?
The BBC recently collaborated with the Wellcome Collection and psychologists from the University of Manchester, the University of Exeter and Brunel University London to explore loneliness. The study led to…
Why I started counselling
It's hard to say how I was drawn to counselling. It seemed so obvious at the time, yet so hard to put into words. Often, that's what we're dealing with…