 |  Psychotherapy and Counselling in Aberdeen
To find yourself looking for a counsellor can be very daunting - not only do you find yourself, perhaps for the very first time, reaching out for the help of a professional, but also how do you know what counselling is all about - what can you expect? And will counselling help you and your unique issues?
I have been counselling in Aberdeen for the past eight years which has culminated in a well-established, yet secluded and private, counselling/psychotherapy service.
Comments from Previous Clients:
"I have reached clarity through our sessions, which has helped me get in touch with what it is I need to do."
"I can't thank you enough, I now understand myself, and feel I am in charge of my life."
"I never thought I was worth much, but now I feel so much differently."
"We have gained so much from these sessions, and now feel we can go away with tools that will keep our relationship solid."
GOALS OF COUNSELLING
A therapist's goal of counselling is to help you remove obstacles which get in the way of your ability to live fully and achieve your own unique goals and desires - whether these obstructions have been erected from a recent bereavement, an abusive relationship (physical, mental, emotional), stress at work, childhood/family issues, or relationship issues. Or perhaps below that, on a deeper level there's self esteem and confidence issues, loneliness and isolation, depression, anxiety or fear.
These obstructions can manifest themselves in various ways, ensuring we don't ignore them- feeling downhearted, blue, crying spells, trouble sleeping, no appetite for food or life, physical symptoms, low sex drive, anxiousness, faster than normal heart beats, foggy mind, restlessness or lethargy, no hope for the future, irritability, difficulty in decision making, feeling of uselessness or not being needed, not enjoying the things we used to, suicidal thoughts - and are indications of the level of tension between feeling, accepting and expressing our thoughts, our situation and our unique ways of being or denying, distorting or repressing them.
I am educated at post graduate level from the University of Aberdeen in Person-Centred Counselling and am a MBACP Registered (Accredited) Counsellor (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy), a UKRC Registered Independent Counsellor and an affiliate counsellor for a number of EAPs throughout the UK(Employee Assistant Programs). As well as being a counsellor in Aberdeen and counselling a full range of issues I am also a Supervisor for Counsellors,a trainer and coach for Parents - at two local Primary Schools -and workshop facilitator for Managing Challenging Behaviour and Listening Skills, Stress Management, amongst other areas and also the staff counsellor for Aberdeen Foyer.
Counselling can help you - help view your life, your unique issues, assess them, accept them objectively and move towards change - in perhaps a way that may at the moment be outside your awareness.
 To arrange an appointment/consultation or speak about arranging training or workshops please ring (01224) 865077 or 07980 894653 or click on the left hand side of the page to send an email. Or if you still are uncertain as to whether counselling is for you, please feel free to have a scroll through the rest of the website.
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