Talking Therapy enabling you to move forward through life's changes
DIANE WALLS
The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand.
We listen to reply.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Signs that you could benefit from therapy include:
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You feel an overwhelming, prolonged sense of helplessness and sadness.
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Your problems don't seem to get better despite your efforts and help from family and friends.
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You find it difficult to concentrate on work assignments or to carry out other everyday activities.
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You worry excessively, expect the worst or are constantly on edge.
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Your actions, such as drinking too much alcohol, using drugs, overspending, unhealthy sex or being aggressive, are harming you or others.
Therapy sessions take place on a weekly basis and can either focus on something specific you want to achieve in the short term which we will identify during the initial assessment - for example, strategies for coping with certain situations, stress, anxiety - or on a longer term basis to explore deeper issues and behaviour patterns that are causing significant distress and are preventing you from moving forward - such as relationship issues, feelings of loneliness and isolation, lack of direction or motivation.
Coming to counselling for the first time can be an overwhelming experiece for most people but I hope to provide a safe and caring environment where you can feel comfortable with talking about the issues that are causing you distress and to work together to uncover and explore new ways of being. Within sessions you may find you are able to discuss and face difficult and painful thoughts more easily and increase your awareness of how they affect you or you may become more accepting of yourself and others and bring about change both in yourself and others though this process.
