The Benefits of Counselling

Counselling is useful for anyone who wants to explore the way they are thinking or feeling further. It can help you to explore and recognise areas of yourself or your life that may be contributing to a multitude of issues that we, as humans, are faced with. Having someone to talk with and confide in, who is there specifically to listen and help you work through issues, is invaluable. Many people feel more comfortable talking to a trained professional therapist who is not connected with their life and is therefore able to listen without judgement or bias.

Benefits of counselling can include:

• Helping you learn new skills for building effective, better relationships as well as develop solutions to issues that have previously overwhelmed or negatively affected you.
• Equip you with coping strategies when dealing with emotions and crises that arise, and enable you to achieve emotional balance and wellbeing
•  Give you the opportunity to reflect and process your feelings and thoughts practically at your own pace, whether you feel anger, grief, sadness, resentment or guilt or any other difficult emotion.
• Promote greater self-esteem and assertiveness, decrease anxiety and depression and give you the ability to set healthy boundaries for you and others.
• Recognition of self-damaging and limiting thought and behaviour patterns can assist you in controlling these problems and learning new coping skills will empower you to take steps forward to make a positive change.