This post first appeared on my substack, @lucybeney As statistics across the developed world continue to demonstrate, far too many...

A version of this article first appeared on Save Mental Health's website in July 2024. Link: https://www.save-mental-health.uk/article-...

At the end of April, the newly elected Chairman of the Board of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) wrote to the Prime Minster, the...

We know that children don’t always listen to what we say, but we can be sure that they are watching us - and copying us - all the time. ...

There have been two interesting developments recently, which I hope will continue to change entrenched attitudes towards health and...

In the UK, it is likely that many children will be returning to primary school in the month ahead. Some secondary school students may...

As I write, all over the world people are in “lockdown”, to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19. In many places and...

This tale was sent to me recently by the Swiss Association for Counselling (SGfB)*. It is an adaptation of an allegory written by James...

It is World Mental Health Day today. As a counsellor - and wellness coach - I should be pleased about this, but instead I am frustrated....

I always find it hard when I meet someone for the first time - particularly a child or a young person - who wastes no time in telling me...

When you first see a hippo in a river or lake, only a small part of the animal is visible - usually the eyes, ears and snout, breaking...