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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: A Mother's Day guide for martians

Psychotherapist and counsellor Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. This week's topic is Mother's Day.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

On the Couch: Is mental health safe in NHS hands?

Counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. Here she discusses depression and whether the NHS is equipped to deal with it - an issue brought to the fore recently following the 'suicide' of Wales manager Gary Speed.Read

On the Couch: The darker side of the festive season

Counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. This week she discusses the 'winter blues' and how to cope with them.Read

On the Couch: Should Mothers work?

Should Mothers work? I ask because Sarah Jessica Parker’s new film “I Don’t Know How She Does It” has re-ignited the debate around working mothers.Read

On the Couch: The nature of mental ill health in the UK?

Counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. This week she discovers that mental illness is more common than you might think.Read

On the Couch: Slightly jealous of Cameron's two holidays

Counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. This week she asks what's up with the weather.Read

On the Couch: Shocked and angered by the rioters

Counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. This week she discusses the topic everyone is talking about... the London riots.Read

On the Couch: The nature of parental competition

Counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. This week she discusses the reasons why some parents are so competitive.Read

On the Couch: Why the phone hacking scandal affects us so deeply

Tabloid stories based on information acquired through hacked phones is not new, it has been happening since the early days of mobiles, memorably in the early 90’s when conversations between Princess Diana and James Gilby were revealed in the “squidgygate” tapes.Read

On The Couch: Wimbledon or Glastonbury?

Counsellor and psychotherapist Johanna Sartori is our regular columnist. This week she discusses two of Britain's biggest summer events: Wimbledon and Glastonbury.Read

On the Couch: Are you slutwalking? I am

In January this year, a Canadian police officer suggested that to avoid being victims of sexual attack, women should stop dressing like “sluts”. Slutwalks have grown up around the world in protest and on 11h June, it is the turn of London.Read

On the Couch: Self Publicising Therapists

Anyone who is happy to allow cameras into the therapy room or to even think about asking their clients if they can name drop them in the press, is not working for their client’s benefit.Read

On the Couch: The trauma of boarding school

Jungian analyst and psychotherapist Jay Schaverien theorises that the earlier boarding starts, the more traumatised the child becomes.Read