​How do you decide if counselling is suitable for you?

Talking with a highly qualified and experienced psychologist / counsellor / psychotherapist can help when you:
  • are going through a difficult time and it seems no-one is listening or understands
  • need support and new skills for handling problems like stress from work and study
  • are feeling "stuck" and frustrated, and want to move forward, but don't know how
  • are worried that there's something wrong but are too embarrassed or scared to discuss it
  • find it extremely hard to make decisions because you feel unsure of yourself, inadequate and full of self-doubt
  • recognise unhelpful patterns in your relationships repeating themselves, but don't know how to change them
  • are facing a serious challenge such as illness, relationship or family breakdown, in which you feel overwhelmed and unprepared
  • are interested to gain a deeper emotional understanding of your problems
  • struggle with a pattern of unresolved troubling issues
  • may have had a history of unsuccessful CBT or pharmacotherapy

​These are a few examples of some of the many challenges people face in everyday life.

​Counselling/Psychotherapy can provide you with the professional support required to help you deal with personal difficulties affecting you, and your relationships and your loved ones.

​​How Counselling Therapy Can Help?

Talking with someone who is trained to listen carefully and understand in a safe, caring and confidential environment can help make sense of what is troubling you. This 'making sense of it' is a vital part of developing the understanding and confidence needed to resolve problems. Engaging in therapy can assist you to become more deeply aware of how you think, feel and react to the world around you; discovering and realising that there are alternative possibilities to help you achieve a life-enhancing change.
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Talking together in a safe, respectful environment can provide the support, encouragement and validation required to make the kind of changes you are looking for in your life

Counselling therapy can be of help /assist with a range of difficulties including:

  • feelings of depression and emptiness
  • feeling unsure about who you are in the world - identity issues, confusion  and concerns
  • lack of confidence and low self-esteem
  • anxiety, fear and persistent worry
  • recovering from trauma
  • mid-life "crisis" issues
  • grief and loss arising from such experiences as bereavement, redundancy, divorce, 
  • problems in forming satisfying relationships - in romance, work, professional, family and friendships
  • managing transitions in life
  • adjusting to injury, illness