Counselling and Psychotherapy in Brighton & Hove 

When you have a group of supportive friends it can be difficult to reason how you might also benefit from counselling. Read up on a number of ways that counselling can help.

Events happen all the time that threaten us with potential pain and anxiety.  Criticism from a boss, having to attend a wedding alone or juggling time for yourself when you have children.

In order to bat away feelings of pain or anxiety everyone uses certain techniques,...

What is the purpose of shame and is it always bad?

We all feel shame and it is a useful essential modifying emotion, but when it presents as a fleeting micro emotion you might not be aware of it. In such cases, shame might be disguised through the following behaviours,...

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy

(Meryl Streep)

Empathy is the ability to see the world from another’s point of view.

Or, as I once heard:

It’s the ability to walk in someone else’s footprints while wearing our shoes.  

Empathic people sco...