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Justin J. Lehmiller, a leading expert on human sexuality and author of the popular blog Sex and Psychology, has made it his career’s ambition to answer questions such as what do we really want when it comes to sex? and how can we break the barriers that prevent us from communicating about our desires? He undertook a monumental two-year study of sexual fantasies

Abusers come in every shape and size, which makes it all the more difficult to spot one early in a relationship. Fortunately, there are some common patterns of behaviour that most abusers exhibit in a relationship. The key is to identify these behaviours as early on as possible and exit the relationship safely. The longer you stay in the relationship with the abuser, the worse the abuse will become and the more

Most of us feel anxious at certain times in our day-to-day lives, for instance when taking an important exam, going to a job interview or making a public speech. Usually, as the situation passes, the anxiety drops. But what if anxiety becomes unbearable and unmanageable? For some people, anxiety never seems to go away, even when the problems they face are minor, or would seem manageable to

The authors of Mismatch, Ronald Giphart and Mark van Vugt, look at how our Stone Age brain deceives us every day, and how we can test the level of conflict between our primitive brain and our modern environment. Our brain and body are perfectly adapted to the environment of prehistory, the period between two and a half million to ten thousand years ago, when humans roamed the Savannah in small hunter-gatherer

Ariane Sherine is a comedy writer, journalist and author of Talk Yourself Better: A Confused Person’s Guide to Therapy, Counselling and Self-Help. She offers her top five tips for trying therapy for the first time and how to find a good therapist. So, you’d like to try therapy – or maybe you’ve already tried it but want to find a new therapist. It can be

Most of us feel low at certain times in our lives, but find that the feeling improves after a short while. Unfortunately, sometimes these ordinary everyday lows do not lift and depression may start to take over. When you’re feeling depressed it can be difficult to believe that it can ever get better. But depression can improve, and you can learn to do something about it. You may not see