- Is life getting you down?
- Do you find yourself having more bad days than good?
- Are you struggling to get out of bed in the morning as you contemplate what the point of it all is?
- Perhaps you are feeling confused or emotionally numb, unable to pinpoint the cause of your psychological distress?
If so, then counselling could be the ideal therapeutic intervention for you to begin unravelling the causes behind your current dilemma.
Why Counselling?
Psychotherapy and counselling come under the umbrella of talking therapies. Being able to talk about whatever is on your mind whilst someone is giving you their full attention and really listening is very healing. Often it is this desire to be listened to in a non-judgmental way that takes a person to one of these therapies.
What happens in a session?
In the counselling sessions you will be able to explore various aspects of your life and feelings whilst talking about them openly and freely in a way that is rarely possible with your family and friends. Bottled up ‘emotional energy’ such as anxiety, anger, grief and humiliation can become very intense. Counselling offers an opportunity to explore them with the possibility of making them easier to understand.
How does it work?
As the therapeutic relationship develops, so too does the respect and trust between the counsellor and you. In turn this enables you to look at many aspects of your life, relationships and inner self which you may not have considered or been able to face before. The counsellor helps you to examine in detail the behaviour or situations which are proving difficult and to discover an area where it would be possible to initiate some change as a start. The counsellor may also help you to look at the choices open to you and thus support you in deciding your best options.
'They say time changes things but you actually have to change them yourself.' Andy Warhol
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