Why seek counselling?
You may need support to cope at a time of change or crisis in your life. Or you may feel generally discouraged in your life, and feel that something is getting in the way of your personal effectiveness. Counselling is a safe and confidential way of tackling difficulties and making changes. It offers support in helping you explore your problems and anxieties, and think about how to deal with them. The counsellor will not tell you what to do but will help your find your own answers, solutions, and ways of coping.
It is useful to talk over any kind of problem rather than leaving it for so long that it becomes overwhelming.
What seems to be the problem?
For most of us there are times in our lives when we experience anxiety, distress or feelings of emptiness. Sometimes such worries are due to current circumstances such as bereavement, tension in your marriage or relationship, or illness. Workplace issues such as stress, bullying, and the threat of redundancy can feel overwhelming. Current problems can stir up buried feelings about the past. All too often our unhappiness can have a profound effect on those close to us and in our jobs.
What can counselling do for me, and what benefits can be expected?
Counselling helps to develop a sense of perspective, a way of seeing problems in grey rather than solely in black and white. Instead of our life events being at either end of the spectrum .... either ecstatic or catastrophic....counselling can help problems seem more manageable and therefore easier for you to tackle.
Counselling offers a space to explore your feelings and develop your own inner resources for such difficulties as:
The purpose of counselling is not to tell you what to do, but to help you find your own answers.
You may need support to cope at a time of change or crisis in your life. Or you may feel generally discouraged in your life, and feel that something is getting in the way of your personal effectiveness. Counselling is a safe and confidential way of tackling difficulties and making changes. It offers support in helping you explore your problems and anxieties, and think about how to deal with them. The counsellor will not tell you what to do but will help your find your own answers, solutions, and ways of coping.
It is useful to talk over any kind of problem rather than leaving it for so long that it becomes overwhelming.
What seems to be the problem?
For most of us there are times in our lives when we experience anxiety, distress or feelings of emptiness. Sometimes such worries are due to current circumstances such as bereavement, tension in your marriage or relationship, or illness. Workplace issues such as stress, bullying, and the threat of redundancy can feel overwhelming. Current problems can stir up buried feelings about the past. All too often our unhappiness can have a profound effect on those close to us and in our jobs.
What can counselling do for me, and what benefits can be expected?
Counselling helps to develop a sense of perspective, a way of seeing problems in grey rather than solely in black and white. Instead of our life events being at either end of the spectrum .... either ecstatic or catastrophic....counselling can help problems seem more manageable and therefore easier for you to tackle.
Counselling offers a space to explore your feelings and develop your own inner resources for such difficulties as:
- Anxiety
stress
depression and sadness
relationship and family difficulties
bereavement and loss
trauma and violence
problems at work or with study
low self-esteem
The purpose of counselling is not to tell you what to do, but to help you find your own answers.
