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“Make your own recovery
the first priority in your
life”.
Robin Norwood
What is Counselling?
Counselling is a confidential
relationship, developing over
time, based upon trust and
respect. Although the reasons
which bring people to
counselling are varied, what is
common is that people seeking
help often feel distressed,
confused, unhappy and sometimes
blocked by the negative emotions
of anger, resentments or fears.
Counselling aims to
investigate the problems of your
life in a non-judgmental and
confidential way; explore your
needs and concerns; and enables
you to live in a more satisfying
and resourceful way. Our
relationship will help you to
feel 'contained' and therefore
safe to confront the
difficulties that have brought
you to this place in your life
now. You determine the content
of the work.
In entering into a counselling
relationship, you are
acknowledging the desire for a
different and more enriched
life. In the initial session,
we will be able to clarify the
areas that you want us to cover
together. All sessions are on a
one to one basis.
My Role
My role is to help each
individual to connect with their
inner resources and look at ways
to identify and work through a
process of ‘unblocking’. This
can be achieved through a change
of attitudes, thought processes
and perspectives. By exploring
the roots of our problems, we
develop the emotional awareness
needed to heal. Changing old
destructive patterns of
behaviour can ultimately lead to
feelings of peace and harmony
and remove the stress.
My role is NOT to tell you what
to do or to make decisions for
you. Through our work together,
you will find yourself able and
ready to make the right choices
to suit your own particular
needs and feel confident about
putting these decisions into
practice in your everyday life.
Difficulties and crises can
become opportunities for growth
and positive turning points in
your life.
“Why am I afraid to tell
you who I am?
I am afraid to tell you who I am
because, if I tell you who I am,
you may not like who I am, and
that is all that I have.”
John Powell.
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about Counselling and Addictions
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