Bereavement: what friends can do to help

Bereavement and what friends can do to help in the short- and medium term Coping with grief following the death of a loved one is difficult enough, but to do it alone can be psychologically harmful; being there and offering a...

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Which counselling method suits you best?

When we talk about a counselling method, or approach, many courses teach trainee counsellors about four or five significant counselling methods. These major approaches are Psychoanalytical (think Freud), Behavioural, ClientPerson-Centred, Gestalt, and Psychodynamic. However, a professor I know at the University of Bristol, Sheila Trahar,...

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