About counselling

What is counselling and how might it benefit?

Counselling can be described as a type of help based on listening. Sometimes just to have the opportunity to talk, and know that you are being heard by someone who is not going to jump in with advice or judge you, can make a difference.

Many of us can experience difficult times in our lives. Those seeking counselling may have personal and/or relationship difficulties, maybe a feeling of unhappiness and discontent, or a wish to resolve specific problems. Sometimes we might feel that our behaviour patterns keep us stuck and prevent us having the fulfilling life we wish for. Psychodynamic counselling can help you explore your thoughts and feelings, and perhaps make sense of where you are in life and how you got there. Looking at the issues that may concern you can give you understanding and insight. Psychodynamic counselling can be both challenging and painful, which means commitment is required as we re-experience past difficulties or memories, and perhaps look at uncomfortable feelings.

Difficulties or problems may include:

• Anxiety and stress
• Bereavement and loss
• Coping with past abuse
• Depression/Low mood
• Low self esteem and lack of confidence
• Relationship breakdown
• Working through crisis

How long are the sessions and how many will be required?

Counselling sessions are weekly at the same regular time and of 50 minutes duration. You might come for a short and/or fixed number of sessions to look at a specific issue, or on an open-ended basis. Open-ended or longer term counselling may be of more benefit to work on deeper, more long term issues. The length of our contract would be discussed in our initial meeting to decide which would be more beneficial, and reviewed at any time during our work together.

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