Some common addictive and compulsive behaviours are collecting, hoarding, gambling, gaming, eating, exercising, sex, shopping, watching pornography. They will all be linked to a range of powerful underlying feelings. Read more..

Feeling angry is normal and forms part of the wide palette of human emotions.

Healthy anger energizes us to stand up for and protect ourselves and others. It can be a sign of positive self-esteem and respect for others. Read more..

Anxiety serves us well when it warns us of potential danger or harm, or reminds us of our natural human vulnerability. However, anxiety that escalates and forms a stranglehold on our daily existence is at best unpleasant and at worst debilitating. Read more..

People often talk of ‘feeling depressed’. Whether or not this feeling would comply with the formal diagnostic definition of clinical depression, the reality is that experiencing a consistently low mood affects our quality of life and often, by extension, that of our loved ones. Read more..

A bereavement is any significant loss. Many bereavements can be extremely difficult to come to terms with. We are often unprepared for the profound experience of grief, which touches the whole of our being – our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual self. Read more..

As human beings we are social animals and relationship seeking. At any age we need positive and healthy relationships to thrive, which is why relationship difficulties can cause us such great pain and distress. Read more..

While external events may well impact upon us, our internal stress derives from the feeling of a basic threat – a perceived inability to cope with whatever it is we are facing. Read more..

In recent decades, huge strides have been made in understanding and treating trauma. Nevertheless, people suffering the insidious and often debilitating symptoms of trauma often still struggle to gain access to appropriate treatment. Read more..