What is the psychodynamic approach? Psychodynamic psychotherapy and counselling are modern names for therapy that developed from psychoanalysis and Jungian analysis. These are therapies with more than 100 years of research and development behind them. They are often caricatured as … Read more
What is anxiety neurosis? Anxiety neurosis can take many forms. It might make you feel worried, nervous, fearful and panicky. You might develop physical symptoms such as raised heart rate and headaches. You might experience problems with sleep, or problems … Read more
What is living with depression like? The NHS describe living with depression like this, “the symptoms of depression can be complex and vary widely between people. But as a general rule, if you’re depressed, you feel sad, hopeless and lose interest in things … Read more
Contacting A Counsellor It can feel like a big step to contact a counsellor and arrange a first counselling session. You may have thought about doing so for a long time but felt put off, and lacked the confidence to … Read more
Bereavement counselling in High Wycombe I think that to grieve the loss of a loved one you have to find a way to access and speak about what you loved, what you miss and what you have lost. In my … Read more
It is worth remembering that our minds have limited capacity to deal with problems. Big problems take up a lot of bandwidth. So areas of our minds that should be available for thinking, concentrating, and delivering performance at home and … Read more
With so many different types of psychotherapy and counselling available, it can be hard to know which type is right for you. Should you try CBT or Mindfulness or Psychodynamic Counselling? In my experience, often, what matters most is to … Read more
Traumatic experience leaves a particular marker behind it. Unless given attention, it becomes like a sealed moment in a life. Though time passes and our lives move on, however much older we become, the traumatic experience remains within us. However, … Read more
By yourself you may tend to see the difficult moods you experience as just being part of who you are. So, for example, your relationships may tend to start to feel like they are all the same, that they involve … Read more
Have you thought what it would be like if a parent turned their back on a child and failed to bond with them? It is a strange, awful thing to happen and leaves the child with a serious and maddening … Read more