Counselling Articles
Caregiver mental health matters. We are all, if you think of it, just a faulty gene, car accident, or cancer diagnosis away from finding ourselves providing unpaid care for someone close to us. According to the charity Carers UK, there are currently one in eight adults in the UK who care, unpaid, for family and...
Not sure what you want anymore? Don’t like your career, can’t set a goal? Or just have feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness and feeling lost in life? Why am I feeling lost in life? “My life has no meaning.” “I am useless, I’ll never get anywhere or do anything important.” “I don’t know who I...
Controlled by wild, intrusive thoughts that cause you distress on a daily basis? Secretly convinced you have Pure O? What is Pure O? Pure O is a term made popular by the internet to describe a type of OCD that consists only of obsessive thoughts, without any of the typical compulsive behaviours. But Pure O...
Struggling with depression, and just want it to go away? Can’t stop thinking, “How can I stop being depressed?” Editor and lead writer Andrea Blundell discusses depression-busting tactics. How to stop being depressed Depression is not, (contrary to those around you who keep saying such stuffs), solved if you ‘just be positive!’, or ‘don’t let...
Kids won’t drop the games console? Glued to their phone and social media accounts? Or on a steady diet of Youtube? The children and technology relationship is one both psychologists and parents are concerned by. Author and parent Liat Hughes Joshi explores. The modern parenting challenge? Screen overload is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges...
Is a fear of losing loved ones always on your mind? Are you worried about losing a parent, or a a partner dying? Is a fear of losing loved ones normal? Yes, it’s normal to not want the people we love to die. We enjoy their company, and know life would be very different without...
by Andrea Blundell Considering repairing family estrangement, and not sure where to start? Repairing or accepting estrangement? An increasingly common issue now estimated to affect 1 in 5 families in the UK, family estrangement can cause depression and loneliness. Sometimes accepting estrangement is the only option, or the one that is right for you. And...
Worried that you aren’t a good person? That you might secretly be flawed beyond fixing? Or even, dare you say it…evil? Editor and lead writer Andrea Blundell explores the issue. The secret question many of us ask At some point we all find ourselves in a period of transition, facing big decisions that can leave...
The only thing that is guaranteed in life is that one day we will die. It’s a sobering thought, and it’s also a subject that we still seem to find taboo. And even more so when it comes to talking to children about death and dying. Writer and mother of four Stephanie Nimmo experienced a...
by Andrea Blundell Always pick a fight despite best efforts to let things go or not react? Why can’t you stop yourself? And is there anything you can do? Why you pick a fight with lovers and friends There are multiple reasons we pick fights. But often, if we have a very entrenched habit of...
