Anne Hooper, psycho-sexual and relationship therapist (formerly accredited with UKCP), is an author and columnist who has written more than 40 best-selling books about love, sex and relationships (several with me). Most are available through Dorling Kindersley the Anglo-American publisher (UK office c/o The Penguin...
Is there some magic programme you can follow to perfect your partnership? Of course not, but here are 20 tips to increase your chances: Being able to say sorry - the next day. Being able to wait for the other person to say sorry - the next...
Just as there are myriad types of medicine so there are now hundreds of sorts of therapy with different trainings. Some analytical psychotherapists study for seven years after first obtaining a relevant degree and doing five years personal therapy. Others take fast track routes. My...
Make sure he or she is BACP or UKRC/UKCP Registered. Make sure there is a complaints' procedure. Ask for an initial two-way assessment session. If you feel very uncomfortable with a counsellor, trust this instinct. But bear in mind that counselling is very rarely easy. Sort out payment methods at...
Research shows that choosing the right counsellor is the key to a successful counselling experience. WJ reader Margaret Fenson from Thame says the choice is bewildering: "When you go to see a counsellor how do you decide what sort? One of the women in our office...
In all forms of therapy, I am very insistent we establish a contract containing a clear set of goals from the outset. For sex therapy this would be: "Over x number of sessions to use a mixture of behaviour modification techniques and supportive counselling to...
I am a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling, past Chairman and Founding Trustee of the Impotence Association, a Senior Accredited BACP-Registered Independent Psychotherapist, a past Member of the British Association of Sexual and Marital Therapists and Past Member of the London Marriage...
Published in The Independent 29.11.2011 By Psychotherapist Phillip Hodson Although suicide is no longer a crime - if you failed in England and Wales before 1961 you could end up in prison - it remains a puzzle utterly disturbing to those left behind. Never more so than...
Published in The Observer 10.02.2013 By psychotherapist Phillip Hodson No wife should have to listen to her own marital profanities on tape in front of strangers. No son should have to look down on his Dad in public. The cliche about 'too much information' was surely never...
PART TWO So far and yet so near...