Counselling offers you the time and space to explore what’s happening for you. Through being listened to, understood and getting your thoughts & feelings out in a safe and confidential space you can begin to better understand your life, relationships and experiences. Working together with a qualified counsellor can help you to make sense of what’s going on for you and come to your own decisions about the best way forward.

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There are many different counsellors out there, working in a variety of different ways but it’s important you find someone you feel comfortable with and that you feel you can trust. I will work with you, helping you to explore your situation, creating an environment where change can happen.

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Counselling can be long term or short term, depending on your needs. Long term or open-ended counselling normally continues on a regular basis until you reach a stage where you feel ready to work towards ending therapy. Short term or time-limited therapy may be appropriate where a specific issue needs to be addressed. We will discuss this in our initial session and review regularly as the therapy progresses.

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Counselling can help with many difficult life problems - from coping with traumatic experiences and events, to dealing with depression and anxiety or managing harmful emotions and behaviours. Below are examples of some of these:​