Counselling (also known as Talking Therapy) is different for everyone. People generally come to counselling when something happens in their life that they feel they cannot cope with. They do not feel they have the skills or the strategies to cope with the issues alone.

 

These difficulties can be many different things. It can be a single critical incident like an assault, an event such as a bereavement or the break-up of a relationship. There may be long term symptoms such as depression, self-harming, an eating disorder or a lack of motivation which does not appear to have an obvious cause.

 

You will be offered a range of approaches, therapies and skills which will help you to feel listened to and understood.

 

You will be supported to find an understanding of what is happening and the thoughts and emotions this generates in you. This will help you to explore the choices open to you and the consequences of the choices. It will help you to make the best decisions for you.

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