counselling provides a safe and confidential space for you to talk to a trained professional about your issues and concerns. A counsellor will not give you their opinions or advice or prescribe medication. They will help you find your own solutions – whether that’s making effective changes in your life or finding ways of coping with your problems.

It allows time and space to look at areas of concern and provides the chance to consider your thoughts, feelings and behaviours in a confidential, supportive, non judgemental environment with someone who is trained to listen and to help you make sense of what is happening.

Counselling can help you to find strategies to improve relationships and strengthen bonds, it can also help gain a better and deeper understanding and develop more effective ways of communicating and resolving conflict.

It can be useful for various challenges such as, issues at work, feeling depressed or anxious. Feelings around loss and grief. Low self confidence or self esteem, relationship issues, communication problems, conflict and infidelity. It can also be beneficial for those experiencing difficulties with parenting or coping with life transitions.

couples counselling

In couples counselling the counsellor will look at the relationship rather than the individual, and the impact that these issues can have on the relationship. Just like most things in life, relationships need time and energy to work. Therefore, as well as looking at what has happened and how the relationship is now, the counsellor will also help you to look at how you would like the relationship to be, and how to move forwards.