How can counselling help?
If you are feeling challenged or stressed by a specific issue in the present at home or at work you might find counselling beneficial in terms of problem solving and/or developing a range of resources or strategies in order to manage more effectively on a daily basis.
The type of issues a person might bring to counselling could include:
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Workplace stress
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Workplace bullying
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Confidence issues
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Addictions
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Impact of a relationship break-up or divorce
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Postnatal Depression (PND)
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Perinatal Anxiety
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Adjustment to parenting
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Traumatic birth
PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
If you are struggling with the aftermath of a single traumatic incident (Eg: traumatic birth, victim of crime, car accident, natural disaster) and associated signs of PTSD you might also benefit from counselling. PTSD may include flashbacks, being easily startled or frightened, angry outbursts, irritability, avoidance behaviours, being on guard, trouble sleeping, or difficulty concentrating.
Where the same PTSD signs have been a challenge for a protracted period of time and are associated with childhood trauma, adult trauma, refugee trauma or war related trauma then psychotherapy is likely indicated. This is because the trauma is complex having occurred in the context of interpersonal relationships.
Counselling tends to be short-term (6-25 sessions).
