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Lockdown has brought its own challenges one of which is limited mobility. We have to spend more time in our homes so whilst we're stuck...

These are words from someone who is: Shower. Not a bath, a shower. Use water as hot or cold as you like. You don't even need to wash....

I'm aware that when we walk past a couple who are chatting we may get the feeling that they are making comments about us — possibly in...

I have come across people who suffer from low self-esteem. The inability to truly like or at least appreciate themselves. Many of these...

I believe that if a friendly psychologist visited our homes and looked at the books which are kept beside our beds or lying on top of our...

I've hurt my back. This isn't a cry for help or a petition where I expect to be inundated with copious amounts of sympathy cards. It's...

It's 15 degrees centigrade outside as I write this. Up here in the NE of Scotland that's a heatwave. Indeed I've had to open the window...

There is something about rain which makes me want to pick up a good book (well you wouldn't deliberately choose a bad one would you?)...

As we approach the summer we may well be looking to pack a novel, (or two) or even the kindle or some other e-book appliance into our...

I have a sister with red hair and when she was younger it was always the source of conversation. Often, she was teased unmercifully —...

Many years ago, I was approached by the East Lothian Courier for an ‘interview.’ I was the new boy in town and a few paragraphs from me,...

Have you ever been in the company of a friend or a family member when they have shared some news, specifically bad news and you have...

Many years ago I used to take two and half sugars in my tea. Actually most of the adults in my household did the same. Not two sugars,...

At the beginning of the lockdown I felt a tinge of guilt. Mainly because other people were working but I wasn't. Face to face counselling...

In these unprecedented times which we find ourselves I'm discovering that many more people are using technology (including myself) to...

As a therapist I won't: Try to fix you. Give you advice. Tell you what to do. Pretend I know more about you than you do. Assume what is...

Week four of lockdown, well at least in the UK. I hope you are finding resources to occupy yourself during the days at home — that's if...

I'm aware that the coronavirus has had a major impact on our lives, maybe more than anything else before. As a consequence many people...

In the late 17th century, fudge was a verb meaning "to fit together or adjust [clumsily]." Then around 1800, the word was used to mean a...

I attended a conference in Darlington a few days ago, the subject being shame. It was inspiring, educational, challenging and disturbing....