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On the Couch: 10 tips on how to survive Christmas!

TWICKENHAM-based counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori offers her top tips on how to get through Christmas with your sanity and temper intact.Read

On the Couch: The extreme method of US parenting that could catch on here

I’ve been hearing a lot about Attachment Parenting (AP) recently (it’s American, so expect it here soon). If I tell you that a recent programme on the subject was called “Honey, I Suckle the Kids”, you’ll get some idea of what it’s all about.Read

On the Couch: The extreme method of US parenting that could catch on here

I’ve been hearing a lot about Attachment Parenting (AP) recently (it’s American, so expect it here soon). If I tell you that a recent programme on the subject was called “Honey, I Suckle the Kids”, you’ll get some idea of what it’s all about.Read

On the Couch: Study links creativity with mental illness

Twickenham-based counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. You can contact her at www.johannasartori.co.ukRead

On the Couch: Promoting sport can keep kids out of gangs

Twickenham-based counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. You can contact her at www.johannasartori.co.ukRead

On the Couch: Hillsborough got me thinking about forgiveness

Local counsellor and therapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnst. Here she offers thoughts on the concept of forgiveness.Read

On the Couch: Why the Olympics should make us happy

Twickenham-based counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. Look her up online at www.johannasartori.co.ukRead

On the Couch: Mental illness is losing out in battle for NHS funds

The Mental Health Policy Group, at the LSE Centre for Economic Performance published a report this week, entitled, How Mental Illness Loses Out in the NHS.Read

On the Couch: A book is not enough to resolve feelings about mum

The relationship between mothers and daughters is a powerful one, and is often fraught with difficulty; Terri Apter, a psychologist has written about this in her new book. Difficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Power.Read

On the Couch: A book is not enough to resolve feelings about mum

The relationship between mothers and daughters is a powerful one, and is often fraught with difficulty; Terri Apter, a psychologist has written about this in her new book. Difficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Power.Read

On the Couch: A quick guide to counselling and psychotherapy

THE British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) this week suspended the Senior Accredited Status of Lesley Pilkington, a psychotherapist who professed to offer a cure to gay men and women.Read

On the Couch: Do we expect too much from our sex lives?

Psychotherapist and counsellor Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. This week she discusses sex and relationships.Read

On the Couch: The psychological pressures facing our Olympic athletes

I only really started to think about the enormity of what the athletes will face, at the weekend when reading about Paula Radcliffe’s performance in a half marathon in Vienna.Read

On the Couch: The bigotry of Rick Santorum and Catholic Church

I’m not gay and I’m not catholic, and boy is that a good thing because I can’t see how it is possible to be both.Read

On the Couch: Dos and don'ts of Leap Year marriage proposals

February 29th, that curious extra day stuck into our lives every four years, is necessary to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year - apparently.Read

On the Couch: What would Freud think about John Terry?

FOOTBALL is such a shared experience for it’s fans and I love to see my boys watching a match together. But, and here’s the rub, I really struggle with John Terry.Read

On the Couch: Sex addiction and celebrities

I first heard about sex addiction when Michael Douglas underwent treatment in 1990, since then it has become common parlance with celebrities such as Russell Brand and Tiger Woods publically sharing their own experiences of suffering.Read

On the Couch: Home is where the heart is at Christmas

At this time of year, instead of sending Christmas cards, my family donates the money we would have spent on them, to charity.Read