Counselling for Cancer
It’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week soon, so we’re going to take a deep breath and stare the reality of cancer full in the face. Everyone knows someone who’s suffered from cancer. Perhaps you yoursel...
A Relational Approach to Therapy
“We are evolutionarily hard-wired to heal and be healed by human connection and social interaction’ Elkins (2016 p51) We are living through interesting times; the rise in terrorism, interest in menta...
British Tinnitus Association Conference Talk
Sometimes the things we take for granted can cause us the most upset when we realise they no longer work the way they once did. Our hearing is no exception, and for many people, the impact that tinnit...
Studies show that Loneliness can be linked to Mental Health Conditions
Researchers at Kings College London have conducted a study to profile the links between young adults’ feelings of loneliness, in terms of their current health and functioning and their childhood exper...
Mental Health Awareness Week: 14 -20 May 2018
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, a study carried out by YouGov in Scotland found that 74% of people felt unable to cope because of stress. Lee Knifton, Head of Mental Health Foundation Scotland ...
The Affect of Social Media on Young People
A 2017 study by The Royal Society of Public Health shows that 91% of 16-24 year olds use social media. In the report, which asked 1,500 young people aged 11-25 to track their moods while using the fiv...
