Counselling is an opportunity to talk about difficult issues and situations – and your thoughts and feelings about them – in a safe and confidential environment with a trained professional who will listen in an accepting and non-judgmental way.
The types of issues that clients typically bring to counselling include:
- Anger
- Anxiety/stress
- Bereavement/loss
- Depression
- Disability/Chronic Ill-health
- Relationships
- Sexuality
- Significant Life Changes
- Work-related Stress
Counselling can help you to:
- Look at those areas in your life that are causing you distress
- Recognise what inner resources and external support you have
- Identify what further resources and internal support you can get for yourself
- Develop a different approach to your life and to those around you.
Sometimes, counselling simply means that you are able to see the same situation in a new light, which in itself helps. The counsellor will not give you advice, or act for you, but may suggest other sources of professional help.