What Is IFS Therapy? Internal Family Systems Explained
What Is IFS Therapy? Internal Family Systems Explained IFS therapy, or Internal Family Systems therapy, is an evidence-based approach to psychotherapy that understands the human mind as made up of multiple distinct parts, each with its own perspective, feelings, and role to play. If you have ever felt pulled in different directions by competing voices […]
Functional Freeze Explained
Functional Freeze Explained Functional freeze is a stress response in which a person continues to go through the motions of daily life while feeling emotionally shut down, disconnected, or numb inside. If you have been turning up to work, answering emails, and appearing fine to everyone around you while feeling hollow, detached, or as though […]
What Are the 7 Symptoms of Complex PTSD?
What Are the 7 Symptoms of Complex PTSD? The symptoms of complex PTSD are wide-ranging, often misunderstood, and can affect virtually every area of a person’s life, from how they feel in their own body to how they relate to the people closest to them. If you have been living with a persistent sense that […]
Psychosexual Therapy: What It Is and Who It Helps
Psychosexual Therapy: What It Is and How to Find a Therapist Psychosexual therapy is a specialist form of counselling that addresses the psychological, emotional, and relational factors that affect sexual wellbeing and intimacy. If you have been living with a sexual difficulty that feels too private to raise with a GP, too complex for a […]
Therapy for Depression: What to Expect
Therapy for Depression: What It Really Involves and What You Can Expect Therapy for depression is not about being talked into feeling more positive. If you are living with depression, you will already know how hollow that kind of encouragement sounds and how little it touches what is actually happening. Depression is not a deficit […]
How Financial Stress Affects Your Relationship
How Financial Stress Affects Intimacy (And How to Protect Your Bond) Financial stress and intimacy are more closely connected than most couples realise, and the relationship between them can become a quietly destructive cycle if left unaddressed. When money worries take hold, the emotional and physical closeness that sustains a relationship is often among the […]
Why We Pretend to Be Okay (And How to Stop)
The Mask of Happiness: Why We Pretend to Be Okay When We Aren’t Pretending to be okay is something most people in the UK do every single day, often without fully realising it. You answer “fine, thanks” before the question has even finished. You smile through something that is quietly breaking you. You tell yourself […]
Therapy for Infertility: Why Specialist Support Matters
Healing Through the Cycle: Why Specialised Therapy for Infertility Matters Therapy for infertility addresses one of the most emotionally complex experiences a person or couple can face, and it remains one of the most under-supported. If you are in the middle of fertility treatment, have experienced repeated pregnancy loss, or have been trying to conceive […]
When to See an Anxiety Specialist
Is My Anxiety Bad Enough for Therapy? When to See an Anxiety Specialist Seeing an anxiety specialist is something many people put off for far longer than they should, often because they are not sure their anxiety is serious enough to warrant professional help. If you have been telling yourself that you are just a […]
Why Men Struggle to Express Emotions in Relationships
Why Men Struggle to Express Emotions in Relationships (And How to Change It) Many men struggle to express emotions in relationships, not because they do not feel deeply, but because they were never taught how. If you are a man who finds it difficult to put feelings into words, or a partner who feels shut […]