How Counselling and Psychotherapy Can Help

At first it can be difficult to think about our feelings – we can often feel embarrassed or ashamed – but it gradually becomes easier. Rather than give you advice, therapy can provide insights into possibilities and choices you may not have considered. Through these insights, and in the development of greater self-awareness, you can gain the ability to better understand and overcome painful situations and past experiences.

If you suffer from anxiety or depression, therapy can provide a place where you feel appreciated and understood. These issues in particular thrive on isolation and rejection, so the therapeutic connection can smother and replace these with a sense of belonging and acceptance.

For those with a tendency to repeat patterns of behaviour, even those which can be destructive to ourselves and the ones we love, therapy provides the space to confront these behaviours without fear of rejection or retaliation. In the process you can learn to reframe negative thoughts, build resilience and gain the coping skills to help you become the person you hope to be.

Studies have shown that as many as 85% of people felt a marked decrease in symptoms and an increased quality of life after counselling. These numbers go some way to prove what I see every day - most people begin therapy feeling bad and they leave therapy feeling better. It really is that simple.