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Why
have Counselling?
Therapeutic counselling can enable you to alter your perspective on life
and how you fit into your world. The impact of issues and problems
can be greatly reduced or even disappear as your perspective changes. The aim is to enable you to develop
as an individual and experience personal growth.
What Kind of Counselling?
My main approach is called Person Centred. This means that in my work
with clients I offer empathy, understanding and acceptance, I am neither
directive nor judgmental but I can definitely be challenging.
I can offer brief therapy if you wish to focus on a particular issue or
longer-term therapy, the choice is yours.
The Nature of Counselling
Public Information – Code of Ethics and Practice
for Counsellors (1996). Page 1
"The overall aim of counselling is to provide an opportunity for the
client to work towards living in a way he or she experiences as more
satisfying and resourceful. The objective of particular counselling
relationships will vary according to the client’s needs. Counselling may
be concerned with developmental issues, addressing and resolving
specific problems, making decisions, coping with crisis, developing
personal insight and knowledge, working through feelings of inner
conflict or improving relationships with others. The counsellor’s role
is to facilitate the client’s work in ways which respect the client’s
values, personal resources and capacity for choice within his or her
cultural context."
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Who am I? What issues could you bring to me?
Why have counselling? What style of counselling
do I offer?
How to contact me, how much does counselling cost
and information about a first session.
What do I offer in terms of confidentiality? What
professional organisations do I belong to? What supervision am I
subject to?
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