Individual Counselling for Adults

I can help and support you with:

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• Anxiety & Depression

• Low Self-Esteem / Confidence

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The aim of counselling is to provide you with a confidential

opportunity for you to explore your thoughts and feelings in safety,

to assist your learning, understanding and growth.

 

People decide to enter into counselling for many different reasons.

It could be that they want to explore and understand their thoughts,

feelings, and behaviours or they may have a specific problem that

they would like to solve.

 

My role is to help you through this process without judgement or

telling you what to do. I will help you, and to make a plan to

develop goals to help you move forward.

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Find out more about my approach.

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ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

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Anxiety and Depression are different conditions, but they commonly occur together.    

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Feeling down or having the blues now and then is normal. And everyone feels anxious from time to time — it's a normal response to stressful situations. But severe or ongoing feelings of depression and anxiety can be a sign of an underlying mental health disorder.

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Anxiety may occur as a symptom of clinical (major) depression. It's also common to have depression that's triggered by an anxiety disorder, such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder or separation anxiety disorder. Many people have a diagnosis of both an anxiety disorder and clinical depression.

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Counselling aims to help you identify the triggers , and work out coping strategies and therapeutic tools in order to be able to deal with these more effectively.

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You can also avoid the waiting lists frequently experienced by people accessing counselling through the NHS, by getting in touch today.

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LOW SELF ESTEEM /  CONFIDENCE

 

Self-esteem is the relationship you have with yourself. It can be nurtured or starved through the "self-talk" or stream of thoughts we experience.

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Counselling can help you uncover what you want, begin to help you take care of yourself, learn to relax more and take time for yourself. Some clients find it uncomfortable at first to think about themselves, that they matter, but this forms first steps in improving self-confidence.

 

The way you think and feel about yourself

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Counselling can give you the skills to:

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1. Retrain your mind to let go of negative self-talk

2. Improve your social skills & confidence

3. Be more assertive and get heard

4. Let go of past failures and let-downs

5. Develop a solid & positive sense of self

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In counselling you may experiment with these new ideas and begin to change old, outdated patterns and "scripts". Sometimes this means beginning to think in terms of "I want" rather than "I should".

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You will be invited to get to know yourself more through counselling and begin to value yourself more.

Counselling can help you develop assertiveness skills, helping you identify your feelings and thoughts and expressing these, for example learning to say "no"

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To book a session please get in touch.

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