Written for Sunday Independent Hot, trapped, and a garda at the car window … the worst experience I had of anxiety was when I was driving to my then job several years ago and got stuck in a huge traffic jam on the quays in Dublin. It was a warm summer’s day, and I began […]

Originally written for www.independent.ie One of my first tasks in working with someone who is depressed is to encourage them to talk to the people in their life about what they are going through. This isn’t easy – despite the fact that there has been so much in the media in recent months about depression, anxiety […]

Written for www.independent.ie When Edward Byrne, a member of the 19th Royal Hussars, returned from the front in 1919 after the First World War, his nightmares were so violent they would wake up his family and neighbours on Rialto Street in Dublin. After his time in the trenches, during which he fought at the Battle of […]