What Is Postnatal Depression? Most parents rank having a baby as the most life-changing event they experience and many find parenthood rewarding. However postnatal depression is more common than we...

My first time walking a labyrinth (a path designed in a sequential pattern leading into the centre and back out again) was high up on a mountain in New Zealand. Traditionally you think of a question...

I often find myself telling clients that things may feel worse before they feel better Therapy isn't easy to describe. Therapy can get challenging. It's not like a manicure where the results are...

In these digital times, we can create our own online identities. This may be different to our identity in person. We become the perfect tweeter, entrepreneur, online date or blogger. The internet is...

Any transition is the beginning of a process of change. It involves the ending of one phase and the beginning of another. We all have times in our lives when circumstances change: redundancy break...

Attachment is a popular word. We talk about children who have “attachment issues” - but what does this actually mean? John Bowlby: attachment theory John Bowlby, created attachment theory in the...

Why is it a good idea to think about working smart? Well, working smart is the healthiest way to work. It's vital for our mind and body to rest and play as well as work. Working so many long hours...

The term Mother means different things to different people. Maybe our stereotypical view of a mother is an ideal one: a maternal figure who is kind, caring, understanding, fun and helpful, “my...

What Is It? The menopause is when a woman's oestrogen levels have lowered to the extent that she can no longer release eggs from her ovaries and become pregnant. The UK average age of a woman...

Mid-Life Crisis? Or something else? What is a mid-life crisis? We all know someone who has bought a sports car in their 40s or 50s or taken up an extreme sport or had an attraction to someone much...