Counselling and psychotherapy

Counselling and therapy can help to resolve upset feelings and unresolved grief, find better ways of coping and problem-solving, work through difficult life stages and come to terms with loss and change. The process can increase self-awareness and self-confidence, helping people to function better with renewed energy and zest for life. They are enabled to look forward to the future again, making plans and carrying them through.

Problems helped include:

• Depression
• Anxiety or stress
• Bereavement
• Loss and change
• Work or study problems
• Apathy, constant tiredness
• Loneliness and social anxiety
• Low self-esteem
• Confusion and indecision
• Relationship problems
• Major life-events, e.g. redundancy, menopause, ill-health disability
• Trauma and Adjustment Disorders
• Problems with roots in the past, abuse
• Phobias
• Health-related issues

What is the different between counselling and psychotherapy?

Counselling addresses problems which have arisen more recently as a rule and is quite focused and time-limited. Psychotherapy addresses long-term or recurrent problems with roots in the past. However, in practice, they often overlap.

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