Counselling Central

Many people own a Blackberry device these days. For some it’s a useful tool for keeping in touch with family and friends, for others it’s essential for business. But what happens when you develop an unhealthy attachment to your Blackberry and it becomes a ‘Crackberry’? We all know somebody that this applies to, or at the very least we [...]

Is kindness contagious? Research shows that witnessing simple acts of kindness, such as holding open a door for someone, giving up your seat on the bus or helping someone in distress, encourages us to think more positively about the human condition and behave in a more caring way. Witnessing simple acts of kindness has been [...]

Self esteem is the component of a person’s personality that dictates how they view themselves. One of the primary influences on how self esteem is formed is one’s environment. A great majority of adults can recall either being the target of the insults of their peers as children; or, being the one that targeted the [...]

The following article was published in the Telegraph. Modern life is making us miserable because we have too much choice, claims new research. From the foods we eat to the television channels we watch to the schools we send our children to and the career we choose to pursue, society has never offered us so [...]

I was having Thai Green Curry with a friend earlier when she began to ponder the nature of love, and why it was she couldn’t find a partner who ticked all of her boxes. As a counselling psychologist I often find myself making the mistake of describing love and commitment in clinical terms, such as “it’s all [...]