Why Counselling?

There is an increased awareness of depression and anxiety in today's society, but sometimes increased awareness can feel like it downplays the very real impact on our lives of these two conditions. Counselling and talking therapies can offer very real help. Being in a relationship where you can trust the counsellor, speak openly without fearing judgement, feel heard and understood can provide the essential conditions for growth and change. 

Loss can come in many forms it might be the loss of a loved one or pet, the loss of a relationship, job, possession, belief system or lifestyle. Grieving is a natural process that allows us to acknowledge what we had and, as the intensity subsides, to allow us to move forward. However sometimes we get stuck in our grief, the loss feels too big to think about and living without can be beyond our imagining.

Counselling can provide a safe space to talk about what you want to talk about, to work at your pace, to explore all the feelings that may be connected with loss and change. 

Trauma is an event which happened to us where we had little or no control. To feel traumatised by such an event is where we find it hard to process and find a way to live with the emotions that experiencing the trauma produced in us. 

Complex trauma can be experienced if the event was extreme and/or prolonged or repeated. 

Counselling can be an effective way to work with trauma and the key is to work at the clients pace. The work may need to be long term or in phases to allow the client the time they need to process their experiences.

Good relationships can be an important part of leading a healthy life but unfortunately not all relationships are good. Counselling can provide a safe place to think about how you form relationships and to consider repeating patterns. 

The end of relationships can be painful experiences and the loss and grief that can accompany that can sometimes feel overwhelming. Talking through those feelings can be helpful to the healing process and counselling can also provide a space to consider what moving forward might look like, and how we might begin to face it. 

For counselling to work a good therapeutic relationship is essential. Throughout our work together an important part is to consider how we are working together and to reflect on our therapeutic relationship. This process can sometimes give valuable insight into how you might relate to others or yourself.