Darren Brown demonstrates the power of negative suggestion by taking 19-year-old Lauren on an emotional rollercoaster."

I was completely mesmerised as I watched this episode! In this programme Darren Brown shows in just 23 minutes, in a most visible and extraordinary way, the power of negative suggestion.

A student, Lauren, was recruited by Darren Brown - in his own unique way of course – to take part in a very simple task. 

As a psychologist, I get referrals to help people with all kinds of phobias.  I have, however, never, in all my years of practice, ever received a referral for anyone suffering a ‘commitment phobia’ yet this problem seems to have reached epidemic proportions and is causing untold heartache for so many people.

“A happy marriage lowers blood pressure.”   I read this headline as I sat in a warm sunny corner of the spa where I was staying at for a weekend to escape the windy, cold and snowy weather that had descended for the Easter weekend.

Have ever wanted to book a holiday, gone on line, only to find that most holidays cater for families with children or lovey-dovey couples?  You don't want the noise and activities that hotels and travel companies offer families and you also don't want to be the only single standing out like a sore thumb in a resort full of newly married, newly engaged or newly come together couples!