Why Have Counselling and Psychotherapy?
Counselling and Psychotherapy
People have therapy for a wide range of reasons.
It may be for emotional difficulties such as low self esteem, anxiety, loneliness, bereavement and low moods. Some people come in the midst of an emotional crisis when they feel they don t know how to cope. Some people realise that they keep repeating the same patterns and feel stuck.
Others come because they just want to understand themselves better or develop their potential.
Counselling and Psychotherapy offer a safe, confidential place to explore these issues where you can be listened to, sometimes for the first time, without judgement.
Counselling and Psychotherapy support you to develop insights and understanding about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours and enables you to gain new perspectives. It encourages increased capacity for self responsibility and supports you to make the changes you want in your life. It can also support you through difficult periods in your life such as bereavement and divorce. It can help you to face up to difficult feelings and support you to make more informed choices rather than repeating old familiar patterns.
Counselling and Psychotherapy are both talking therapies that offer people an opportunity to understand and manage the feelings they may be experiencing. Both support people to grow and become more comfortable in their own bodies and hopefully enable people to live a more satisfying life.
People often ask 'what is the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?' There are many different answers to this question but basically Psychotherapy is a longer, deeper process.
Some of the issues that clients bring include: Abuse Addiction Affairs and betrayals Alcoholism Anger management Anxiety Bereavement Depression Drug abuse Emotional abuse Gambling Low self-confidence Low self-esteem Obsessive compulsive disorder Personality disorders Physical abuse Post-traumatic stress disorder Relationship issues Self-harm Separation and divorce Sexual abuse Stress Trauma Work related stress 