FAQ

Although not a complete list of the reasons why you may seek counselling support, here are some examples which could suggest that counselling may be beneficial for you:

You have been troubled for a period of time and you’re having difficulty finding a solution on your own.

You are feeling overwhelmed and its affecting your well-being, causing depression, anxiety or stress.

You find it hard to talk to friends or family because they are directly involved in the issues or you struggle to express your difficulty.

Issues from the past are having an impact on your day to day life.

You are experiencing difficulties within personal, social or work relationships.

You are experiencing overwhelming negative thoughts and feelings that are difficult to control.

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One of the primary goals in counselling is to develop your understanding of the difficulty you are facing and to find a way for you to move forward. Other benefits of counselling can include:

• Talking to someone neutral, outside of your immediate situation, can help you develop a different perspective of your difficulty and help you find a way forward.
• Talking with a trained counsellor, who is skilled at listening, can help you to process difficult thoughts and feelings.
• Sharing your worries helps you feel less alone with your problem.
• You can gain a better understanding of yourself and a clearer sense of what you want and need.
• You can practice communicating more clearly and honestly in the safety of the counselling relationship.
• Counselling can help improve your relationship with yourself and others while also developing your capacity for communication.
• Another primary goal of counselling is to develop within you the capacity to become self-sufficient in dealing with the difficulty you are facing. This may relate to learning new skills and approaches to life that serve you to better manage your experience of life.

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Client confidentiality is a corner stone upon which counselling therapy is delivered. In counselling, confidentiality is strictly adhered to regarding any personal details or shared information that is exchanged between you, the client and me, the counsellor, and will extend  from initial contact at the beginning and throughout the entirety of the process. To allow confidentiality to work effectively and remain safe there are exceptions to this rule and this relates the area of risk. In all counselling interactions, when risk is identified or shared during the counselling process, then I, the counsellor, may be obligated to approach a third party with the information that relates directly to the aspect of risk. Risk can relate to a risk to you, the client, or a risk to another person or what would be deemed to be an illegal act. The third party may refer to a medical professional, such as your GP or an emergency provider, such as the police.      view

During counselling you will always be in control of the process. It is always your choice what you wish to explore or discuss during each session and any way forward that represents a continuation of the work outside the therapy session, such as journaling or maybe a meditation exercise, will also be fully agreed by yourself before commencement.  It is a responsibility for all counselling professionals to ensure client autonomy is adhered to at all times.  view all