How can counselling help?

Much of what hurts us in life, happens in relationships with others and often with those that we needed to trust the most. The therapeutic relationship can offer a way to experience trust again and help with feeling safe and connected.  In the safety and connection of the counselling relationship, you may begin to make sense of experiences in relationships and gain understanding of your needs in relationships. The therapeutic relationship can be a way to begin to heal from the hurt.

For some, counselling can be about a space to understand and know themselves at a deeper level, that is otherwise hard to connect with in daily life. It can feel helpful to explore identity, experiences, desires or life purpose in the non-judgemental therapeutic relationship.

Counselling is a way of exploring what feeling sad, angry, isolated, vulnerable, happy, safe or coping is like for you.  Anxiety, fear, distress, and pain can be alleviated when you feel safe enough to explore shame, guilt, anger and associated feelings, without judgement or rejection in the relationship.

It may be that your anxiety feels higher at this time, that you are feeling overwhelmed and finding it hard to cope with life. 

Maybe you have experienced loss and life feels so different and difficult.

Maybe you want to make sense of yourself, of your relationships, to feel less distress and relieve anxiety.

Being together in what you are experiencing, and receiving acceptance in the counselling relationship can make the changes you want seem possible.

Exploring thoughts and feelings, with the trust and human connection of an empathic human being, can help you to find your own inner wisdom and new ways to cope with difficulties and find a way forward.

Counselling can help to:

• Gain clarity of experiences, thoughts and feelings

• Cope with life transitions and challenges

• Increase self-awareness, personal growth & gain confidence within

• Be heard in a confidential space to support finding own answers to problems without judging you

• To explore the past & it’s impact on you

In our counselling sessions, you are welcome to express and explore through words, drawing, exploration of colour, images and objects to represent your feelings, sense of self and make sense of experiences and relationships.