Are you experiencing Anxiety?

What is anxiety?

Anxiety is something we all experience from time to time. It is a normal response to situations that we see as threatening to us. For example, if we had to go into hospital for an operation, or had to sit a driving test, or take an exam, it would be natural to feel anxious. . . . → Read More: Are you experiencing Anxiety?

Are you experiencing Stress?

Stress is the word that many people use when they are describing how the demands of their life seem to be too great for them to cope with.

 

This ability to cope varies from person to person and what one person finds stressful may not be a problem for another. Whilst many of us suffer with stress . . . → Read More: Are you experiencing Stress?

What kind of problems do I work with?

This list is just to give an idea of  some of the common problems that I would help people with. This is not a complete list but just some examples. If you are unsure about whether counselling would be right for you or if you need further information I can be contacted by secure email

Some of . . . → Read More: What kind of problems do I work with?

What will happen at our first session?

Everybody will have unique experience of counselling or psychotherapy but there are some common factors and there are some definite objectives for the first session.

Your first counselling session will be a little different from following  sessions.  At your first session your counsellor will need to talk about some of the formalities of counselling. This will include . . . → Read More: What will happen at our first session?

Confidentiality in Counselling

Your counsellor or therapist will establish an agreement of confidentiality with you. This usually means that anything you talk about with your counsellor will be kept private by your counsellor. There are very few circumstance in which a counsellor would break that confidentiality agreement, and these would be for the same reasons that your G.P might . . . → Read More: Confidentiality in Counselling