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17Feb

Q+A With Bel Mooney: Agony Aunt for the Daily Mail

Welldoing

AgonyAunt, family, relationships, therapy, wellbeing

Soul

Bel Mooney was a hard-up journalist when a chance conversation resulted in her becoming an agony aunt, first with The Times, and now with the Daily Mail
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16Feb

How Therapeutic Techniques Make Me a Better Teacher

Pat Capel

education, school, therapy

Therapists

Teacher and therapist Pat Capel explains how the concepts of Human Givens make him a better person in the classroom
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15Feb

What Alcohol Withdrawal Does to Your Body

William Porter

addiction, alcohol, health

Body

You do not have to be an alcoholic for the withdrawal of alcohol to affect you physically says William Porter, author of Alcohol Explained
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15Feb

WiseWords #15: from Caroline Knapp to Gretchen Rubin

Rae Ritchie

addiction, books, vulnerability, WiseWords

Soul

Rae Ritchie, a historian-turned-writer who blogs about mental health, chooses self-help books that have helped in her own life
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14Feb

How to Survive Valentine's Day After a Breakup

Harriet Frew

couple, love, men, relationship, women

Therapists

When all the world seems to be focused on romance, Valentine's Day after a breakup can be painful. Harriet Frew has five tips for coping
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14Feb

Why it Feels Right to be Single on Valentine's Day

Alice McGurran

identity, relationships, self, single

Relationships

This is the first Valentine's Day Alice McGurran has been single since she was 17. But she's not sad; she has finally started to feel happy alone
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12Feb

Can You be a Confident Introvert?

Harriet Griffey

confidence, introvert, personality, self

Soul

Being an introvert doesn't mean you are unconfident, though others may make that assumption. Extract from Harriet Griffey's I Want to be Confident
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11Feb

Why You Should Google Your Therapist

Karen Pollock

identity, society, technology, therapy

Therapists

Therapist Karen Pollock believes that anyone considering seeing a therapist should find out everything they can about that person, including Googling them
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09Feb

The All-or-Nothing Personality Type: Good or Bad?

Mike McKinney

perfectionism, personality, self, selfcompassion, work

Mind

Driving yourself to achieve at any cost is not always the best thing for your mental health and your relationships with others says psychologist and author Mike McKinney
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09Feb

Q+A with Philippa Perry: Agony Aunt for Red Magazine

Welldoing

AgonyAunt, relationships, therapy, wellbeing

Soul

In the first of a series of interviews with agony aunts, we talk to psychotherapist Philippa Perry who writes a weekly advice column for Red magazine
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