HOW CAN COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY HELP ME?

Effective psychotherapy can be transformative, improving wellbeing and quality of life.  Modern living can be so fast paced and so frenetic that there is little time to consider, reflect upon or adjust to some of life’s realities.  We are bombarded by a multimedia universe, projecting greater and greater demands and expectations of what our life should ‘look like’ and what we should aspire to, and we can be left feeling anxious, isolated, disillusioned and confused about what is important to us and how to achieve fulfillment.  Many of us feel that we are juggling sometimes conflicting elements of our lives and this can feel overwhelming.  Psychotherapy – ‘ talking therapy’ – can be a tremendous means of support.

At times in our lives we are hit by a particular event or circumstance, which can throw us into distress, confusion and difficulty.  Sometimes there is no such event but we find ourselves feeling stuck and unable to move forward; something is holding us back ‘getting in the way’ of our happiness and fulfillment.

Therapy can help by providing a confidential, safe and non-judgmental space to reflect. Often, the process of being truly listened to and having the time and space to consider, reflect and reassess can in itself bring comfort and support, helping us to adjust.  It can also help to unlock whatever aspects of our experience might be contributing to our distress and that feeling of being unable to move forward.  Psychotherapy and counselling – ‘talking therapy’ – brings about more understanding of ourselves in an empowering and meaningful way.  A psychotherapist is trained to help and facilitate a process of understanding yourself better so that you are able to acknowledge and nurture aspects of yourself that are a source of strength and recognise areas that you discover are perhaps less helpful – bringing about new perspectives for the future.

Sarah’s counselling and psychotherapy practice is able to support clients with a wide range of issues including, but not exclusively:

• Depression;
• Anxiety;
• Stress;
• Low confidence and self esteem;
• Bereavement and Loss;
• Relationship difficulties and breakdown;
• Fertility and family planning;
• Psychosexual issues;
• Life transition and aging;
• Career challenges and work related difficulties;
• Motherhood and parenting issues.

I consider my practice to be inclusive, working with clients from a range of social and cultural backgrounds with a range of social and cultural experiences and needs.  It is my belief that in the collaborative spirit of the therapeutic relationship there are always insights to be gained from points of similarity as well as points of difference.