Can Counselling Help Me?
‘Counselling helped me to step back and see my problems from a different perspective. Martin helped me to gain confidence in myself and a belief in a better future during the worst time of my life.’ Heather.
By finding this site, like Heather, you may have a difficulty that you would like help with. Perhaps struggling with your emotions, perhaps relationships you would like to improve, perhaps a recent loss, past difficulties and/or current ones you cannot seem to resolve however hard you try.
Counselling is a process that will help you to express yourself as much as you want to about your problem(s) to a person initially outside of your situation in a safe, supportive, and non-judgemental environment. By listening and empathising with your experiences the counsellor can work with you in partnership to identify the extent of your problem(s) and recognise possible solutions- ones that work for you.
Talking to a trained person can help you think about the underlying causes of problems, see your options, develop strategies and create positive changes in your life.
Many people have positive experiences of counselling and recommend it to family members and friends. If you are someone who thinks that a one to one therapeutic relationship, as described above, may be a step in the right direction, I would be happy to chat with you on the telephone or face to face for an initial, no obligation session.
People seek counselling for a wide variety of reasons. Problems that counselling can help with include:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Bereavement (recent or historical)
- Low self-esteem
- Loss – perhaps through bereavement, divorce or redundancy
- Trauma
- Identity issues
- Relationship difficulties (past and present)
- Anger
- Abuse – sexual, emotional and physical
- Sleep problems.
- Alcohol and drug addictions.
- Generally struggling with life (motivation/questioning)
- Eating disorders.