What is Counselling?
Counselling offers clients the opportunity to explore their thoughts and feelings. Given a sense of being deeply understood, people can resolve conflicts that prevent them from enjoying their lives. Counselling creates the optimum ambiance where people can grow emotionally so that they can flourish becoming confident and happy.
What Conditions Can it Help?
Most of us at one point or another feel overwhelmed by life circumstances which can leave us feeling helpless and alone. It may seem that there is no way out but with the right support and guidance you can regain control of your life.
Counselling can help people who experience:
· Feelings of general anxiety, depression and being unacceptable to others,.
· Inability to form and maintain satisfying relationships.
· Eating problems
· Life events - such as the loss of a loved one.
· Lack of self-esteem, feelings of deep anger.
What can be achieved by counselling?
A level of caring which endows people with value. Understanding restores a sense of belonging and help with psychological healing and increases self-esteem. People are helped to make contact with their inner strengths so that they can make their own decisions and lead more effective and rewarding lives.
People consider seeing a counsellor for many different reasons. Counselling can help you see things more clearly, perhaps from a different perspective. It can enable you to make choices and reduce confusion. It does not involve giving advice or directing you to a particular course of action. Everyone has their own answers and that given a safe environment to explore your issues, you will be able to draw upon your own resources to find your own solutions. A skilled counsellor can offer caring and non-judgemental discussion where you will be accepted as you are, and allowed to work at your own pace in discovering more about yourself.
Our practice is situated in the centre of South Woodford, East London.