I didn’t want to write another blog about ADHD so soon after my last one, but the Channel 4 documentary -
  August 28, 2026, 2:29 pm

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I had the pleasure of watching Dr Louise Newsome on stage talking about the impact of hormonal imbalance at the
  August 3, 2026, 3:39 pm

The AI picture of me is how a corporate Elaine should look apparently. It doesn’t look or feel like me, in fact it’s uncomfortable to look at. But it’s what I tried to be for a couple of decades , always wondering why I...

  June 2, 2026, 9:59 am

Helping professionals—teachers, nurses, social workers, therapists, carers—are often driven by a deep sense of purpose and empathy.  The support they give to others through crisis, danger, vulnerability, shame and even growth has...

  May 7, 2026, 2:30 pm

In my practice I see many more women than men, those I do see are often ‘sent’ by a partner or parent for therapy that they then resist. It’s not because men don’t feel pain, stress, anxiety, or grief. It’s because...

  April 23, 2026, 2:14 pm

For many people, menopause is a major life transition—physically, emotionally, and mentally. But for those living with ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), this stage can bring a whole new layer of challenges that often go...

  March 31, 2026, 12:10 pm

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Getting older is something we all must do—we cannot escape it. But in Western patriarchal culture, ageing comes with this sense of embarrassment or shame. We don’t talk about it,...

  October 2, 2025, 2:04 pm

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Over the last decade, due to people like Davina McCall, the menopause has finally got the attention and awareness that it deserves. However, the medication and treatment for this rite of passage...

  May 7, 2024, 11:22 am

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For a lot of us, Christmas was supposed to be a reset, a rest and just a break from the stress of life. But here we are a month later feeling just as bad as we did before. Why? We...

  January 30, 2024, 10:15 am

Change can be both difficult and exciting. It is important to recognize that change is an inevitable part of life and make the best of it. Today, Julia Mitchell from Outspiration.net has some tips on how to...

  August 7, 2023, 10:14 am

A really good blog here from guest author Julia Mitchell of 
  July 31, 2023, 2:10 pm

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Sometimes we may experience a fear being abandoned. This could be by being left by those we love because they may die, or leave us, or we may just feel that we aren’t good enough for them.

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It’s December and after two years of lockdown, Covid and fear, we have finally made it to December and Christmas is around the corner. So, after hoping...

  December 14, 2022, 1:31 pm

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More and more people have a mental health diagnosis, from depression to borderline and then back again. Labels are a mixed blessing, as on one hand they give us access to support from the medical...

  November 23, 2022, 12:18 pm

A healthy mental state can be the key to success in any aspect of life. When you’re in a good mood, you feel more energetic and motivated to get things done, so how can you stay positive? Below are nine outside-the-box ways...

  September 21, 2022, 8:14 am

The last few years have been difficult for all of us and that means we have had to create coping strategies. These may have helped us for a period of time, but if we have coped in a way that has been different to or even completely opposite to...

  September 16, 2022, 2:01 pm

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This is a subject which is very close to my heart at the moment as I lost someone I was very close to only a week ago. So, I thought I would share with you what grief does to us.

Whenever we...

  June 17, 2022, 8:54 am

7 Ways to Enhance Your Confidence

This article is written by a guest writer  - Diane Harrison

Confidence is an attractive trait that lets you know what you...

  December 22, 2021, 10:47 am

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We have all read about gaslighting and how it affects us. But what exactly is it? It is based on the plot of a 1938 play called “Gaslight”. In this play, a husband attempts to convince his wife...

  February 14, 2021, 12:28 pm

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We all collect things or have things that feel precious to us. For me its books.  I have three bookcases full of books and there are plans for more! These things we collect have meaning for...

  October 21, 2020, 12:27 pm

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We constantly hear about looking after our inner child, or letting it out to play, but just who or what is the inner child? Firstly, it does really exist its a part of us that remains...

  July 6, 2020, 11:22 am

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We re on our seventh week of lockdown, coronavirus has made some of us prisoners in our own home. The novelty has really worn off now, its no longer feeling like a holiday or a few duvet...

  May 13, 2020, 5:44 pm

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Right now, is an extraordinary time in our history, a pandemic this deadly has not taken place since 1918. The government is telling us to stay at home to save the NHS and each other....

  April 30, 2020, 3:03 pm

This me working online now providing therapy remotely from my counselling room

In this time of lock down due to coronavirus with no end date in sight, our options for counselling are limited. Face to face counselling is not an option...

  April 23, 2020, 3:52 pm

This is a really hard time to have mental health issues, Coronavirus or COVID19 is making us social distance ourselves from our friends and family. For some of us, these people help to stay mentally well and the anxiety, depression, and trauma...

  March 19, 2020, 11:29 am

Love is sold as the answer to everything and how many times do you hear “love conquers all”. Love, at first sight, is such a popular dream for us, where we meet someone and just know that “this is it”! People often find...

  March 4, 2020, 11:34 am

We cannot always control what is happening in our lives, we often find work, families add to our stress levels, anxiety, physical or mental illness affects us, and we can become exhausted with all of this. The only thing we can control is how...

  February 16, 2020, 1:19 pm

I find myself working with many more people who identify as transgender in my practice. They are faced with prejudice and misinformation from the people around them. So, I want to just dispel a few things about transgender in this blog.

We all love to receive a notification or two from our smart phone or Facebook as it makes us feel like we are connected to others. Browsing through apps and other people’s photographs makes us feel like we have an attachment to people or...

  November 23, 2019, 1:04 pm

Whenever we lose someone, a relationship, a pet or even a job, we feel a loss. So, anything from losing a close family member to redundancy starts a whole host of emotions and sometimes even physical reactions.

So, what are the emotions...

  October 22, 2019, 12:56 pm

Very few of us have ever written down our life story. I know it can sound quite vain because you will be thinking why would your life be worth writing about? It’s worth writing about because it shows us all the patterns we have repeated,...

  September 30, 2019, 1:42 pm