Counselling? Therapy? These terms are used interchangeably on this website for good reason; they are the same thing.

Counselling can help explore painful and confusing thoughts and emotions. Often these emotions and thoughts can impact how we behave or respond to others. For children this can be especially difficult and finding help early can reduce difficulties later on.

A counsellor/therapist acts as an impartial listener and observer. They can help you explore your issue in a new light, and provide reflections to help you resolve your issues. Counselling can’t help with practical issues such as housing difficulties or money issues.

The therapy room can be a place to express thoughts, feelings and emotions free from judgement. Expressing and processing emotions is vital for positive mental well-being and a resilient mindset.

Unprocessed or unacknowledged emotions can often lead to problematic thought patterns and behaviours. These can stay with us for a long time. Often issues when we were children can follow us into adulthood. For adults, counselling can help address these issues, examine how they are still playing out in our lives today, and learning to put them down. For children, counselling can help to process these issues before they can develop into bigger issues later on.

When we have space to process things it can help us feel more settled. Counselling is a place to process things, a place to explore how we really feel and learn more about ourselves. Counselling can help us to find our answers, change how we live and how we interact with the world and others.