by davidcounsel | May 12, 2015 | Counselling
Boys and Fathers… Boys who will be Fathers I was reading an interview with Philip Zimbardo an eminent psychologist discussing the impact of absent fathers and the response from boys: to escape into alternative, usually technology based, worlds. 40% of marriages...
by davidcounsel | May 5, 2015 | Counselling
Depression in Children – Depressing Reading Research, statistics and newspapers constantly tell us in headline language that depression among children from as young as 5 is increasing significantly year on year. I believe that this is hardly surprising when set...
by davidcounsel | Apr 9, 2015 | Counselling
Are You 1 of the 1 in 4…? One in four of us suffer from anxiety and/or depression says the latest mental health research. I don’t think it is that surprising given the pressures of life generally, family and work or the absence of each or all of them. Perhaps...
by davidcounsel | Mar 24, 2015 | Counselling
Breast is Best A study of 6,000 breast fed babies in Brazil following 3,500 of them through to 30+ years has produced evidence that breast fed babies across a whole spectrum, in a sample where bias from other factors has been taken into account, perform better in IQ...
by davidcounsel | Mar 9, 2015 | Counselling
Shame About Shame Shame. One of those interesting words that seem to have a flexible use. ‘Shame about that’ or ‘such a shame’, for example. What does shame actually mean? Shame might be regarded as a concept. For example: we can suffer from ‘shame’ and from...
by davidcounsel | Mar 5, 2015 | Counselling
Throwing Stones Some of us suffer from addictions, some of us may be prone to uncontrollable outbursts of anger, some of us may be compelled to deceive and betray. The question to my mind is why? This question can be interpreted as a simple ‘why can’t they not be...
