So often, when we are faced with a problem, we’re either met by a well meaning friend intent on solving the issue or by someone you can’t tell the full story to, perhaps because they have their own agenda.

However, when we’re lost or overwhelmed, what we really need is to be truly heard. And to be heard by someone without any judgement or partiality. Counselling offers you a place where you can bring the whole you, where you can talk freely with someone who will meet you exactly where you’re at, at a pace that suits you.

Knowing that everything you say is confidential is vital to building a trusting relationship. It is through this relationship that you can begin to hear yourself, often for the first time. You can start to fully understand what might be going on and how your patterns or previous beliefs may be contributing to the situation you’re in. After time, you realise you do have the resources within you to make a change and that change can be truly transformative.