A few years ago, I worked with a client, I'll call her Angela, who had been trying to conceive for several years. She had undergone medical investigations which had ruled out any clear medical explanation for fertility issues (in her or her partner), had made lifestyle changes and had tried almost everything she could think of. Yet month after month, she didn't conceive. As we began working together, it became clear that although she desperately wanted a baby, another part of her was carrying...

For a while, vaping was hailed as a "healthier option" to smoking - a solution for smokers who wanted to stop. And on the face of it, it offered an alternative for people who could continue to access nicotine (the addictive substance in cigarettes) with a view to stopping, or gradually cutting down, smoking. Several years on, there are a host of problems with vaping, from the disastrous environmental impact of disposable vapes, to largely anecdotal, but growing, accounts of health problems,...

The proportion of male clients seeking out therapy has increased from 18% to 29% of all therapy clients in the last 15 years – that’s potentially a third of your potential clients now who are men. But even though more men are seeking out therapy, there’s still a mismatch between a desire for support and feeling that they’re welcomed by therapists, or that therapy is appropriate for them. Some of this is based around the unknown - men don’t know what’s involved with counselling or...