Do you need therapy?

In short, I think everyone can benefit from counselling. As one of my favourite bands say, 'Modern Life is Rubbish' and we are often not very kind to ourselves about how we cope with it.  At times our friends and family are not the easiest to talk to, so it can be freeing to have someone outwith your normal circles to talk through life's complexities with. You might know exactly why you want to attend counselling, be that low mood, anxiety, trauma, struggles associated with neurodiversity or grief, or you may not know why, but something just doesn't feel right or you feel a bit stuck. Whatever it is, I will always meet you with curiosity rather than judgement, offering a safe space to offload, process and explore your feelings and experiences. 

Going for counselling is like clearing out the cupboard in your house that really needs to be cleared out. You put off doing it for a long time because it feels overwhelming, keep shoving more stuff in and jamming the door closed. However, things keep falling out at really inopportune moments. One day you feel resilient enough to do it. You start pulling everything out and you may feel surprised about what you find. Inevitably there is a moment during the process where you may wish you hadn't ever started, you don't know what to do with any of the stuff you found, you might question 'how will that all fit back in there?', 'do I need any of this anymore?' or 'who put that in there?'. Then you systematically start to sort through it. Stuff starts slotting back in, you find some treasures and you get rid of some of the clutter. You finish and step back to admire your work, feeling less burdened, accomplished and proud of yourself. My job is to help you to sort through your thoughts, feelings and experiences, label the 'boxes' and help you to decide what you want to keep and what can go. Like the mental health version of 'The Home Edit'.