counselling
COUPLES COUNSELLING
‘Life is a balance between holding on and letting go’
Rumi
Counselling is a talking therapy and although it might be difficult to find words to express how we feel, counselling is an opportunity to explore feelings, thoughts and behaviours and to look at how we cope with stressful situations now and in the past.
Words are not the only way to express ourselves and sometimes more creative forms of expression can help us to discover ourselves or help us to manage stressful situations, through art, music, dance, writing and walking with nature.
What I am offering is therapeutic support by connection and exploration. Helping to create an honest and trusting relationship with you, in confidence, is crucial to helping with whatever you bring to counselling, to allow you to feel respected and heard.
Clients sometimes say they have gained a sense of self-awareness through the counselling process that has helped them to understand their difficulties. They have gained awareness of how past and present events or influences have shaped their view of themselves and others. The opportunity to talk through their thoughts and feelings has allowed them to look at the possibility of making changes to gain a better quality of life for themselves and for those around them.
Words are not the only way to express ourselves and sometimes more creative forms of expression can help us to discover ourselves or help us to manage stressful situations, through art, music, dance, writing and walking with nature.
What I am offering is therapeutic support by connection and exploration. Helping to create an honest and trusting relationship with you, in confidence, is crucial to helping with whatever you bring to counselling, to allow you to feel respected and heard.
Clients sometimes say they have gained a sense of self-awareness through the counselling process that has helped them to understand their difficulties. They have gained awareness of how past and present events or influences have shaped their view of themselves and others. The opportunity to talk through their thoughts and feelings has allowed them to look at the possibility of making changes to gain a better quality of life for themselves and for those around them.
Couples Counselling / Facilitation
'We've got this gift of love. But love is like a precious plant,
You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard, or just think it's going to get on by itself.
You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it'
John Lennon
Relationships change over time. There are many reasons why. Challenges from within and external to the relationship itself. Whether it is added responsibilities, changes in career, the aging process, changes in outlooks and the existential meanings of our lives. All these ages and stages of life impact our relationships and how we relate to each other within those relationships.
I will work with you both to unpack and explore where you are and where you want to be in your relationships. Now and in the future. It can be challenging. It can be fun. It can be enlightening and soulful. It can be intimate and it can be sad. Just like relationships themselves. But as the quote implies love needs nurturing to survive.
Whoever your relationship issues are with - partners, parents, children, friends, loved ones - we can take a closer look to help and heal.
'We've got this gift of love. But love is like a precious plant,
You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard, or just think it's going to get on by itself.
You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it'
John Lennon
Relationships change over time. There are many reasons why. Challenges from within and external to the relationship itself. Whether it is added responsibilities, changes in career, the aging process, changes in outlooks and the existential meanings of our lives. All these ages and stages of life impact our relationships and how we relate to each other within those relationships.
I will work with you both to unpack and explore where you are and where you want to be in your relationships. Now and in the future. It can be challenging. It can be fun. It can be enlightening and soulful. It can be intimate and it can be sad. Just like relationships themselves. But as the quote implies love needs nurturing to survive.
Whoever your relationship issues are with - partners, parents, children, friends, loved ones - we can take a closer look to help and heal.