The difference between psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist and counsellor

Check out this link for a useful breakdown of the differences between psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist and counsellor: http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/psychiatrists-psychologists-psychotherapists-counsellors.html

How relationship counselling works

A question that lots of people ask me is, does relationship counselling really work? Well the simple answer to that is of course, yes…and no. That is, if you do the work to make it work, then yes, it works. But is that a really useful answer to the question? Perhaps a more helpful way to responding this question might be to look at how couples’ counselling works. Then you can decide for yourself if it’s...

Hold Me Tight

If you are looking for some resources to work on your relationships, I cannot recommend highly enough the work by Dr Susan Johnson who founded Emotionally Focused Therapy, which builds on Attachment Theory. Have a look here: http://www.holdmetight.net/  

The Science of Love

I love anthropologist Dr Helen Fisher’s work on romantic love, check out her lecture on TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.html What are your thoughts?