Anxiety the root cause
There seems to be a buzz word around over the last decade of mental health or stress and it’s the word anxiety. The spectrum of this is quite vast, so I will endeavour to simplify it. At the moment, statistics…
States of Anxiety
States of Anxiety This was prompted by something a client said to me the other day. We were speaking of their anxiety; their understanding of the causes of it, the effects of it on their life and what they (I…
Living Life Anxious How Psychotherapy and Counselling Can Help with Anxiety
Being Anxious Being anxious can be described in many different ways: as tension, feeling on edge, nervous, insecure, or worried. Other words used to describe anxiety include uncertainty, vulnerability, and feeling apprehensive, scared or insecure. Describing the experience of anxiety,…
Help for Depression
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go, they merely determine where you start (Nido Qubein) With the 10th October being World Mental Health Day, the quote above might offer a much needed signal of hope, perhaps when you…
What can we do about our 'Age of Angry' ?
A recent report out by ATL, the British education union tells us that last year 6 out of 10 teachers were subjected to aggressive behaviour from pupils. This also included physically abusive behaviour. Dr Leonard Sax, whose latest book Collapse…
Rebellious Kids...either your own children or your own internal child can cause problems. Why do Kids become rebellious?
Rebellious Kids! What does having a rebellious child mean for you? If you have a teenager you will have an idea… surly, grumpy, un-responsive. What is it all about? Why do kids need to go through that stage and why…
Elements of Successful Therapy - The Right Type of Therapy with the Right Therapist
It is of course true that there are many different kinds of psychotherapy and counselling – person centred and cognitive behavioural therapy are perhaps two of the best known, but other well-known approaches include gestalt therapy, psychoanalysis and transactional analysis.…
How do you deal with challenges?- Fixed and growth mind sets.
Do you have a fixed or growth mindset? What is your perspective on intelligence and your abilities? Do you think of it as something that you are born with and that you can’t do much to change? Or do you…
Alcohol Effects on Fetal Brain Development: The Case of Cynthia
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a well-known and well-described condition in both psychiatric and pediatric literature. Somewhat less known is fetal alcohol effects or FAE. While not generally causing physical many of the characteristics of FAS, FAA has often-similar cognitive and…
'LIKE ANGST': Does It Cut Both Ways?
‘Like Angst’: Does it Cut Both Ways? ‘Like anxiety’, or ‘Like angst’[1] as I call it, represents one aspect of the many problems associated with social media anxiety, particularly amongst younger people, but not exclusively in my view. Broadly speaking,…