One Story, Many Issues

The news of a sex therapist whose appeal against his sacking by Relate over a clash between his religious beliefs and his refusal to counsel a gay couple features on both the BBC and Guardian websites today (as many news stories often do). What strikes me in reading both presentations of the story is the [...]

MMR and Autism – New Evidence

A new report is providing evidence that suggestions that the MMR vaccine for children is linked to the development of autism. Famously the subject of much debate amongst parents and other care providers, the MMR/Autism link has been a topic of scare conversation since 1998 when an initial report was produced making the link. That [...]

Lack of Support: Some of the Issues

It always saddens me when the stories about therapy and counselling services seem limited to negative accounts. It’s seems to be a fact of life in the UK at the moment that support services for people in need of emotional or psychological help is lacking, with the increase in provision of services not managing to [...]