Being trapped is a horrible experience, and takes many forms. Is this you? Feeling paralysed with anxiety or regret, or facing a...

Terrified of getting an injection? You’re not alone. The extreme fear of needles has been overlooked as a medical problem but in fact...

‘I always trust my intuition,’ said my friend, who’s just broken up with a terrible partner, not spotting the irony. Ever fallen in love...

Yesterday I was working with a client who has developed claustrophobia on planes and in theatres. His ‘happy place’ is the top of a...

Walk down the street and remind yourself: behind every door is a unique individual, or a houseful. Everyone's dealing with stuff -...

A quick post this time. Two reviews from the past few days that may give you some idea of what to expect... "We asked for Steve's help in...

It's OK: you're not alone. In fact, I've been seeing lots of clients recently who need an injection or other medical procedure... but...

Want to know my conspiracy theory for COVID? Plan Murphy's. I reckon Dan Murphy's and the other alcohol businesses have benefitted...

Recently I had a client who'd spent a long lifetime worrying. He found himself waking up in the middle of the night with his latest...

I've seen quite a few clients recently, and am working with two right now, with what's called 'medical phobia' - 'tomophobia' to give its...

Are you feeling more tired than you can recall? Are you just feeling flat and done in? It's certainly something many, perhaps even the...

This week I've had two clients with a similar problem, expressed in very different circumstances. One has just been interviewed for a new...

What if you don't have a problem? What if smoking, drinking too much, overeating, being anxious, not feeling good enough, being afraid of...

Recently I saw a client experiencing chronic back pain. (There's three, in fact, but I'm concentrating on just this one.) Actually this...

Well that certainly got your attention, didn't it? I've heard some stupid things in my time, I can imagine you saying, but this takes the...

Can you give me five minutes? If you can, it'll help reduce your levels of stress and anxiety. If you're not feeling exhausted, stressed,...

Last week I had a client who'd been through a year and a half of living hell. He bought a house next to a bunch of ice-addicted...

' "I always say to patients that of all the medications I can give them, of all the procedures I can do to them, the one thing that's...

I saw a client for the third and final time the other day. As he was leaving, he said, 'I think this will help me in my life in so many...

Do you feel like you're not good enough? Are you a perfectionist? Do you have impostor syndrome? OK, pull up a chair and make a cuppa....