Counselling Articles
You tell a colleague at work you are suffering from an anxiety disorder and they give you a blank stare then change the topic. Or you tell the person you’ve been dating lately (and really like) that you have had problems with depression in the past, and they respond by telling you to ‘be more...
The route to becoming a psychotherapist in the UK is far from straightforward. There are actually three ways to becoming a registered psychotherapist. One way is to take a counselling diploma then continue on to a psychotherapy MA from there. This can be a cheaper option if finances are a concern. (See our article on...
In the last few years online therapy has become increasingly popular. And it’s working. In fact studies show that for some psychological issues like social anxiety, Skype therapy can even be more effective than in-person counselling. But what about couples counselling? Is it really possible that online relationship counselling can be as good (or better) than...
What is the ‘shadow’ self according to psychology? The ‘shadow’ is the side of your personality that contains all the parts of yourself that you don’t want to admit to having. It is at first an unconscious side. It is only through effort to become self-aware that we recognise our shadow. Although many infer the shadow...
Do you wake up once or several times a night and find it hard to fall back to sleep? Is your heart racing? And, more importantly, your mind, too? You might be suffering from anxiety at night. Is anxiety at night really anxiety? Night anxiety is the same as anxiety in the day, it’s just...
Psychology often focuses on the thoughts and behaviours connected to eating disorders. For example, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) might focus on how negative thinking about your body or food causes eating disorders. But it’s also proven by research that part of what drives you to have an eating disorder are hidden thoughts that might have...
Is your relationship still alive (or at least dragging along), but your sex life is a desert? What can you do if your sex life has ground to a halt? Re-Starting Your Sex Life The below tools for re-starting your sex life with a long-term partner assume the following. 1.) You have both taken the...
Trying to decide what counselling course in London is for you can be seriously overwhelming. First, there is the decision between training to be a counsellor or a psychotherapist (for more on the differences in the UK, read our article on ‘Counselling vs Psychotherapy‘). Then there is the sheer number of courses. There are many...
Understanding the difference with depression vs sadness is actually very important. It means you don’t neglect a serious mental condition because you think it is ‘just a bad mood’. It also means, if you really are just sad, you don’t panic. So what is the difference between depression and sadness, and when is someone depressed enough...
Dialectic behaviour therapy (DBT) is a relative newcomer to the talk therapy scene, but one that is already evidence-based (proven by research to be effective) even in cases where other forms of therapy have not worked. What is dialectical behaviour therapy? “My main goal for people coming to therapy is that they get out of...
