Counselling & Psychotherapy

How Can Counselling Help You?

Sometimes life throws challenges our way which can leave us feeling overwhelmed.

Counselling aims to support clients to navigate whatever it is they are facing. Perhaps finding someone to turn to is difficult or maybe you feel that nothing has changed and feel lost in the world. Counselling can help.

Below are a list of just some of the difficulties counselling can help with:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Self-harm
• Suicidal thoughts
• Stress
• Relationship problems
• Bullying
• Loss and Bereavement
• Sexual identity
• Anger management
• Low self-esteem and confidence

What is Person-Centred Therapy?

Person-centred therapy has the client’s needs at the forefront and sessions are focused on what the client wishes to bring.

Person-centred therapy believes in the innate goodness of every person and that as human beings we all have the potential within us to grow and to change and move towards a realisation of our true ability, given the right conditions.

The client-counsellor relationship is key to the success of the therapy work and through the offer of a warm, genuine relationship clients move towards a greater sense of well-being, feeling more aligned and satisfied with their life.

What Can I Expect?

After an initial assessment appointment, an agreement will be made as to the day and time of your session. How many sessions you need is dependent upon how you feel and we can look at this together in the assessment appointment. You may find that after a few sessions you feel better and have worked through your difficulty; it is always your choice to end sessions when you feel ready.

Counselling is usually short-term and often addresses immediate life issues – simple techniques or even a fresh perspective can often resolve what is at hand. Psychotherapy may be a longer term option for more complex issues, exploring more deeply one’s sense of self, relationships or work with ongoing mental or psychological concerns. Transpersonal Psychotherapy explores more deeply who or what we are. It provides the space when we have the urge to explore beyond our personal stories.

Why Come To Therapy?

Below are just some of the reasons why a person might seek therapy.

• Personal crisis prompting a desire to share in order to find clarity
• Emotional, psychological or spiritual crisis or breakdown
• Chronic, critical or terminal illness or a psychological condition
• Long held grief that has never been released
• Feelings of anxiety, phobias, anger, rage, shame or guilt
• Unresolved issues from the past that keep re-emerging
• Depression due to circumstance or reoccurring episodes
• Feelings of insecurity, lack confidence or self esteem
• Work issues such as stress, bullying, boredom or dissatisfaction
• Redundancy, unemployment or retirement

Therapy doesn’t just have to happen in times of crisis or to resolve issues. Exploring life itself can bring quality & peace which becomes the backdrop of experiencing. We are all seeking happiness, however we seek it in many different ways. It is often at the point of crisis that desire to share or break through happens – therapy may provide an opportunity to explore the root cause of these beliefs, feelings & behaviours.

Please contact each practitioner individually to book your appointment. You will find their contact information when you click on their profile photo.