Mark on BBC 2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0blv5z6/victoria-derbyshire-02102018
Mark on BBC Radio 5
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/m0000jc7
Quote from Russell Brand
“Mark and Tosca are living examples of the efficacy of their course. Strong people who have turned the challenges and pain of addiction into a method for achieving successful and flourishing lives. I trust them and believe that they will guide and educate to a very high standard.” Russell Brand
SO DRUGS ARE COOL, LILY?
Singer jokes about passing out at a party after snorting horse tranquilliser – that she ‘assumed was cocaine’ Daily Mail16 May 2018By Faye White Showbusiness Reporter LILY Allen has been accused of glamorising drug use after joking on social media about passing out at a party after taking ketamine. The singer, 33, told her 5.9million [...]
The Importance of Accepting Change in Addiction Recovery
Addiction can be so powerful that we slowly begin to lose the things we most cherish – our relationships with family and friends, our employment and chances of success, even our will to live. Despite wresting us from the things we most love, our body and minds can somehow conspire against recovery and at the root [...]
Stewart Kennedy joins Mark Dempster Counselling as a Consultant
Stewart Kennedy has joined Mark Dempster Counselling (MDC) as a Consultant liaising between MDC and the City and Canary Wharf. Prior to joining Mark Dempster Counselling, Stewart enjoyed a successful career in the City as a senior corporate, investment and private banker with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas in a [...]
Online support for addiction counselling
The popular face to face counselling is turning digital. As we grow up with our computers and smartphones, many people have begun and are receiving their counselling through these mediums. Is it as effective as face to face? Yes! But it depends on the person and their individual history. A good start to digital counselling [...]
Book Review by John George Graham, Therapeutic Counsellor: The Ongoing Path
This eagerly anticipated second book by the very highly regarded authority on active addiction and recovery therefrom, Mark Dempster, is laced with priceless life experience that allows the reader – whether professional or secular – to identify with the colourful and caring human being Mark is; the title naturally suggestive of the readership this reservoir [...]