Counselling Theory

When somebody in a family begins to have a problem - e.g. an eating disorder, unexplained illness or difficulty leaving home - it is...

Nobody wants to stay feeling stuck, sad, angry or confused . All we want is for these feelings to be magicked away - hopefully never to...

In 1968, Stephen Karpman first referred to the Drama Triangle model as a means of describing and analysing human interaction. Karpman's...

Metaphors often prove to be a very useful tool when trying to find out what is going on in someone's life and how best to help. People...

Attachment theory is an attempt to explain differences in the dynamics of long-term human relationships based on how an infant connects...

You've signed up for some sessions with a psychotherapist or counsellor. You're committing your time, energy and hard-earned cash. You've...

People coming for counselling at my practice in Brighton often ask me for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Perhaps they have read...

,strong>When choosing a therapist in the UK,/strong>, how do you know if that person is properly qualified? I realised the other day that...

If, as children, we felt repeatedly hurt , humiliated, abandoned, suffocated or ignored by someone close to us and on whom we depended...

I have come across numerous contradictory answers to this question. It appears that the definition of each term depends upon whom you...

Are you still living your life according to a ‘script’ or set of rules about how to be in the world that you first put together when you...