Hope Therapy and Counselling Services
Online and in-person counselling across the UK for individuals and couples, including workplace counselling
Ian Stockbridge
He’s the one who’s always late but somehow talks his way out of it. The one with six half-finished projects in the garage, a temper that flares and fades in minutes, and a partner who has quietly taken over the … Read more
You’re not bouncing off the walls. You never were. You’re the one who reads the email three times and still misses the key detail, who loses the thread halfway through a sentence, who sits in a meeting nodding while your … Read more
You love each other. You really do. But somewhere between the forgotten anniversary, the unanswered texts and the third conversation this month about whose turn it is to empty the dishwasher, things have started to feel heavy. If one or … Read more
Every October, your social feeds fill with posts about ADHD, and something in you might quietly sit up. Maybe you’ve lost your keys three times this week. Maybe you’ve started a dozen projects and finished none, or heard for years … Read more
There is a particular cruelty to social anxiety. The help exists, and reaching it means doing the exact thing you find hardest. Phoning a stranger. Sitting in a waiting room where someone might speak to you. Saying your name at … Read more
Some people respond to a short reply, a slight change in tone, or a message left unanswered with a wave of feeling so disproportionate that they can see it is disproportionate while it is happening and still cannot stop it. … Read more
Most descriptions of autism are written from the outside, lists of behaviours as they appear to an observer, and usually an observer watching a child. That turns out to be of very limited use to an adult sitting at home … Read more
There is a particular kind of relationship doubt that does not behave like ordinary uncertainty. It does not resolve when things are going well. It does not respond to evidence, however carefully assembled. It arrives uninvited in the middle of … Read more
The first Monday back has a particular quality to it. The alarm sounds at a time it has not sounded for weeks. The inbox has opinions. Somebody needs a PE kit. By half past nine you are already behind, and … Read more
People usually start looking into private depression treatment for one of two common reasons. Either they are already waiting for something and the waiting has become hard to bear, or they have tried something once already and found it did … Read more