Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder that is characterised by alternating periods of mania and depression. It was formerly known as manic depression. People with Bipolar Disorder can swing from extreme highs to extreme lows, sometimes very quickly. This can … Read More
Where there has been trauma, particularly trauma that involves one person sexually abusing another, then the victim is often left in a state of shame. It becomes impossible to speak of what has happened. The victim becomes locked in a … Read More
I am a member of the Association of Independent Psychotherapists, I trained as a supervisor with the SAP, I have an MA in Psychotherapy & Counselling, and I work to both the UKCP and the BACP Code of Ethics. If … Read More
I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist and counsellor working in Hazlemere, near High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire. Before starting in private practice I trained in the NHS at St Barts’ Hospital in London and before that at the Homerton Hospital in … Read More
Counselling Buckinghamshire was set up in 2006 to provide a counselling and psychotherapy service to adults experiencing a range of different problems. Sometimes these problems might refer to a specific event such as bereavement, divorce, redundancy or trauma. Sometimes they … Read More
An article in the Big Issue (Feb 13-19 2017) explores the question of whether; you can change yourself by looking within to find the truth you find there, or, by selecting aspects of your character that you recognise and don’t … Read More
You don’t have to know where psychotherapy is going to go when you start. Current trends suggests you should have clear outcomes in mind from the beginning, that may fit some cases, perhaps some phobias and behaviours but it won’t fit all. … Read More
People can have an idea that a psychotherapist or counsellor will quickly make inspirational interpretations of their situation and that their lives will be changed very quickly. I think this is unrealistic. What is possible is that through working with … Read More
A woman reflects on a recent period of intense distress brought on during an argument with her husband. Though the dust has started to settle, she knows that the argument raised up a sense of distress that she had not … Read More