Why Seek Counselling
When might we seek/attend counselling
- when it feels right for us as individuals not because we feel we have to or someone tells us we need to
- different times in our lives
- when feeling overwhelmed and want to find our own ways of managing these feelings, to relieve some of the stress
- We do not need to be in crisis to seek counselling, in fact counselling is used to aid prevention and build resilience
- when experiencing difficult times
- experienced a stressful or traumatic life event
- experienced or affected by abuse
- dealing with bereavement
- loss of employment
- coming to terms with a life changing illness
- having relationship issues
- unresolved feelings from the past are unlocked and no longer able to ignore them
- life feels overwhelming
- suffer from anxiety
- have low self esteem
- lack of confidence and self belief
- feel stuck
- feel powerless or trapped
- feelings of anger and/ or guilt
- feeling responsible for others
- to nurture ourselves
- for greater self awareness
- for self acceptance
How counselling can help
- promote autonomy
- build reslience
- increase self esteem and self worth
- identify unhealthy relationships
- improve relationships
- develop and maintain healthy boundaries
- identify negative thoughts and challenge these
- alleviate stress and anxiety
- empower you to feel in control of your own life and emotions
- build on existing coping strategies
- widen your window of tolerance
- work through anger - identify the cause and any underlying feelings
- better able to express emotions
- become more assertive
- a greater self acceptance
- increase self awareness
