” Counselling was for me a listening ear, kindness and understanding  . . .  and being quietly steered in a direction of my own making  . . .  Sarah was very skillful in this  ”    

 

Making a decision to try counselling is often a brave step in a helpful direction – you hope you can talk about something that has been troubling you, maybe for some time.  Maybe you have experienced a more sudden change or difficult loss.

As a rough guide, here are some areas of experience that people bring for counselling therapy

• Anxiety, fear
• Addiction, Alcohol
• Bereavement
• Building confidence
• Coping with illness, disability
• Coping with feelings
• Coping in crisis
• Childhood experiences
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional, physical or sexual abuse
• Isolation
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender issues
• Life changes
• Loneliness
• Loss
• Low self-esteem
• Managing stress
• Relationship problems
• Relationship break-up