Tag: depression

  • Recovering Your Life After Separation

    When her partner of 7 years announced over breakfast that he was moving out, Mia* was more in shock than anything else. The heartbreak came later. “Everything seemed fine between us. I didn’t understand why he was leaving. I knew I was upset, but I wasn’t going to let myself sit around being miserable.” Trying…

  • Help Me, I’m Wasting Time Looking at Pornography!

    Wasting time is one reason people contact me for help to stop or cut back on looking at sexually explicit images and videos. There are other reasons too. And there are reasons people start to use pornography in the first place. Opening up about about your relationship with pornography is a first step you can…

  • Comparing Ourselves to Others and the ‘Normal’ in Therapy

    Have you ever found yourself thinking about a particular person who lives across the hall, across the street or on the other side of the world and who has it better than you? They have more money, a better job,  or a love-life you yearn for. You envy their talent or looks. You watch them…

  • 8 Ways to Recover Yourself from Burnout

    The expectations of modern life mean that Burnout and Depression are affecting more people. Narrative Therapy and counselling can assist you to regain a sense of who you are and what is important in life. Meeting with a counsellor is a step towards recovering yourself from Burnout.

  • A Conversation about Anxiety using Narrative Therapy.

    Anxiety is a problem for many people. Talking therapies, such as Narrative Therapy, can assist to manage or overcome anxiety. A skilled Narrative Therapist can help a person to externalise anxiety and gain a greater sense of influence over it.