The Evolution of Marriage Guidance: From Advice to Couples Therapy When I was growing up, struggling couples went to "Marriage Guidance." While some therapy may have been involved, there was probably a lot of advice. That advice, meanwhile, would have been geared towards the traditional family...
As a Human Givens relationship counsellor, my approach to Couples Counselling uses the Human Givens model. In short, a lot of it is about your needs. Everyone has fundamental physical and emotional needs—the"givens"—which contribute to emotional well-being and resilience. In couples counselling, I help partners...
July in Folkestone - how to help your teen's mental health On Saturday July 13th I'll be running a workshop for parents on how you can help your teenager's mental health. I'll be doing this in conjunction with Sunflower House, and the session will be at...
Walk and talk therapy in Folkestone and Hythe Have you considered walk and talk therapy? Picture this: a sunny day, a gentle breeze, and you, strolling through a park or along a beach with your therapist by your side. Walk and Talk Therapy not only gets...
Therapist and speaker for teenagers, young people in Kent Are you looking for a speaker for teenagers and young people in Kent, or indeed, their parents? I'm a therapist and coach who works with young people as a therapist and coach. This is as a counsellor,...
How to Support Your Child Through Therapy Parents sometimes ask me how they can support their child through therapy. Indeed, some of my clients are parents whose children are getting therapy someplace else, perhaps through a school counselling service. They've often come to work on their...
Will therapy help SAD? I'm about to talk about this for my stint on Folkestone Academy FM tomorrow and the clocks are going back this week, so I thought this was the perfect time to look at SAD, or seasonal affective disorder as it's known. I...
Folkestone has become such a vibrant place to live and work, that I am very pleased to be able to say that I have now opened up a therapy service in Folkestone. This is in addition to my current practice in Hythe. Counselling practice in Folkestone I...
When You Are Feeling Like A Failure Dealing with those unwanted thoughts of feeling like a failure I often see business owners, and many non-business owners, muse about how they are feeling like a failure; that they haven't done enough in life. Perhaps their business isn't where...
Last week I joined presenter Vicky Eldridge on her radio show at Folkestone Academy 105.9 FM, the local community radio station for Folkestone, Hythe and surrounding villages. We discussed anxiety, and, in particular, exam anxiety. It was the first of what will be regular mental...