Addiction

A habit can be described as someone having a choice as to whether they do something or not. Once brought to the conscious mind a habit can be changed. An addiction is something that cannot be overcome without help. People will go to great lengths to get what they...

Ambiguous loss

Ambiguous loss is a theory developed by Psychologist Pauline Boss, and it began in the 1970s while she was researching fathers who were detached from their families due to work or military deployment. She later expanded her research to include all losses involving...

How to cope with the crap

Life might be shit for some of you at the moment and you may even feel a need to detach or escape from life completely. If you are not stressed at the moment then you are doing very well. The collective sense of chaos, regardless of your political views being part of...

Weight loss hypnotherapy-10 week course

As someone who has yoyo dieted over the last 20 years and got so disillusioned by weight watchers and slimming world after losing weight and then regaining the weight, (and more on top), when I studied hypnotherapy, I realised that this could be a game changer for me....

Working with the inner child in counselling

Working with the inner child in therapy means working with the little boy or little girl within us so that we can reconnect with some of the reasons for our adult fears, insecurities, phobias and life patterns. By understanding them we can change those patterns so...