Dysfunctional Families

My next series of blogs look at one of the issues that brings many people to counselling - handling tricky relationships with families or with individual family members. This blog looks at both functional (good enough!) and dysfunctional families. Future blogs will consider the long-lasting impact of dysfunctional families and…

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How to Apologise

When we lack the ability to say we’re sorry, minor offences eventually accumulate enough weight to sink our relationships. But the simple act of apologising can re-establish goodwill  - even when we or the other person have committed much more serious offences, caused a lot of hurt.  But an apology…

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Men and Courage

Traditional views about men and courage This is the second of two blogs looking at courage, and this looks specifically at men and courage. In recent times, more attention has been turned towards what it really means for men to show courage: When we think of courageous acts, we often…

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What is Courage?

What IS courage? It wasn't until I sat down to write a blog about courage, that I realised that I wasn't 100% sure how I would define it. And surprisingly, there didn’t seem to be an awful lot of guidance online. However I came across some lovely quotes - by…

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