About Paul Parkin

Paul Parkin is an online counsellor, therapist and life coach. He is passionate about helping people reach their full potential and providing affordable online counselling to people everywhere via his counselling website Counsellors Online. Paul has worked as an online counsellor for the past 20 years and has worked in several counselling settings, including - National Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) the NHS. North East Council on Addictions (NECA) and Several telephone helplines including the Samaritans. Read other blog posts.

SAD and Depression

By |2023-06-16T22:31:47+01:00January 11, 2018|Counsellors Online Blog|

SAD, or Seasonal affective disorder is a recognisable mood disorder, generally effecting people who have more stable mental health throughout most of the year, but exhibit depressive symptoms at a particular time each year, most commonly in the winter. There are a lot of common sense reasons why a lot of people have the blues around this time of year, all the [...]

Human Resilience

By |2023-06-16T22:31:48+01:00June 16, 2017|Counsellors Online Blog|

Human resilience can at times look like it's lost, with so many tragedies, both accidents and sometimes in malice touching our lives on what can feel like a non-stop roller coaster of hurt, we can sometimes despair at the world around us. Ugly behaviours and words are rife and many people feel that the human race has plummeted to all time [...]

How to Forgive

By |2023-06-16T22:31:49+01:00May 4, 2017|Counsellors Online Blog|

How to Forgive It’s almost impossible to get through any period of time without being hurt by someones words or actions, let alone get through our lives. Forgiveness is good for your heart. Learn how to forgive today. So with so many instances of hurt directed at us inadvertently or purposefully, why is it important to learn how [...]

Making Up After a Fight

By |2023-06-16T22:34:07+01:00May 1, 2017|Counsellors Online Blog|

Making Up After a fight So you had a fall-out, a fight, a row or even maybe you broke up? A real hurtful, raw and seemingly no way back from, toxic kind of argument, the kind that you feel there is no way back from. So now what? Just one thing will start the process of reconciliation - make up and [...]

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