The NHS have designated the week of 22nd – 28th April as DEPRESSION AWARENESS week. Depression is more common than you may think - 1 in 5...

How many of us had the good intentions to lose weight, take up exercise, stop smoking, or change our lives in one way or another only to...

Hypnotherapy can be highly effective in creating positive change in sports performance. Taking part in any sport at a competitive level...

Are you scared of spiders, flying, heights …? We know that it is not rational to be afraid, or in some cases to experience sheer panic,...

Social Anxiety was first recognised as a mental health condition in 1980. Some professionals believe it is one of the most...

Short term stress can enable us function at our optimum level and help to boost our energy – preparing for a presentation or exam,...

Prolonged stress effects our psychological and physical well-being. Our early ancestors faced very real hazards on a daily basis...

Hypnotherapy can help insomnia sufferers by dealing with underlying factors that contribute to the condition. Around a third of people...

I was chatting with a fellow therapist recently about how the body affects the mind. Want a quick illustration of this? Sit down on a...

National Stress Awareness Day on 7 November 2012 Twelve million adults see their GP with mental health and stress related problems every...

Not so long ago many scientists believed that the brain did not change after childhood; that it was hardwired and fixed by the time we...

Research is constantly finding more and more evidence to support the fact that visualising or imagining an action creates the same...