A colleague recommends Laurence Krauss’s book ‘A Universe from Nothing’ as a mighty good read. The science – all string theory and dark matter  - is a challenge to one whose physics never progressed beyond refracted light.  But the cosmology is little short of...

Living with uncertainty is an emotional quicksand, the cold hand of anxiety grabbing you in the gut. And yet it’s an unavoidable part of life: we ought, by rights, to arrive on this earth with an inbuilt way of handling it. From world affairs to 2017’s hottest-tipped...

Come January, it’s customary to contemplate our own transformation and plan to become the best possible version of ourselves. In the dazzle of New York fireworks and champagne one can easily succumb to resolution overblow.  In 2017 we promise ourselves, we shall...

It’s the season to be jolly, to banish our internal Scrooge and put on hold, just for now, the negative of a dark year in world affairs. It’s a season above all, for children, for the magic they both bring and treasure. It’s hot-chocolate heartening to hear of a 10...

Move over, Dr Who…we are all time travellers of one tense or another:  counselling sessions resonate with reflections on the past dramas and delights that have shaped our clients’ lives.  Therapy can be part archaeology – sifting through old experiences to explore and...

A man at the end his tether called up our hypnotherapist Sarah Eley. He was suffering inexplicable panic attacks – one so severe that he feared a heart attack and called an ambulance. ‘It’s common for such clients to avoid situations where panic might ensue’ Sarah...

We need to talk about sex.  Yes, we need that conversation again. You might think that everything that could possible be said on this subject - and then some -was already covered last century.  The 1960s, after all, gave us the Pill, the publication of Lady...

When the University of Missouri surveyed the issues that most enrich relationships. sharing of the household chores ranked third only to fidelity and good sex.  This finding will come as no surprise to many modern couples battling over the division of domestic duties,...

Welcome back to the second and final part of our new blog series focusing on the impact of divorce and separation. Here, our couples counsellor and family therapist Madeleine Kingsley offers some insights into the role and benefits that counselling can provide in...