What is counselling?

I can best answer this by explaining what counselling is not! Counselling isn’t advice giving. I will be alongside you, listening to your story and how you tell your story. As you speak about your challenges, I will reflect back your story at appropriate points. This can often be the first time you hear your story in someone else’s words and can provide clarity from the outset.

I may ask you some questions to get to know you and your problems, again providing more clarity. Together, we may untangle the past and look into childhood experiences. More recent traumatic events and patterns of behaviours engulfing your day-to-day are helpful here too. All done at your own pace.

Counselling is a confidential safe space. It is a journey of self-discovery where well-being is at the heart of every session. We work together to make sense of problems that are difficult to understand and face alone.