Counselling is a talking therapy between an individual and a trained counsellor who is there to listen and focus solely on their client.

A client will approach a counsellor hoping to work through and change a situation they are facing in their life that is causing them distress or perhaps longer standing issues that feel overwhelming and are taking over their life. 

It takes place in a safe, confidential and comfortable environment where you will be invited to explore the issues that are causing problems . By bringing these issues out into the open they can often become clearer and after understanding your response and feelings surrounding them, real beneficial change can occur.

I work in an integrative counselling style. This means that I will draw on various different counselling theories to help you as best I can. My primary method is ‘person centred’ counselling. Person centred counselling works from the belief that all of us, as unique individuals, have the inner ability to understand and work through our own problems, viewing them from our own personal perspective. After all, no one knows you better than yourself. A counsellor therefore won’t offer you direct advice; they will merely support, assist and gently guide you through exploring your feelings and foster new ways of looking at situations. Although a counsellor can empathise with what you are experiencing, only you will know truly how your issues really feel. Understanding our feelings is the secret to finding a way through problems.

A counsellor is like a mirror - they reflect back to you what you reveal to them. Sometimes these reflections may be hard to accept, (counselling isn’t easy) and sometimes they may show you something you weren't aware of but ultimately this outside perspective can facilitate real positive change and enable you take control of your life.