Services

I have many years of experience in working with individuals and couples (regardless of sexual orientation) who may struggle with any of the following problems:

• Communication problems
• Stress
• Anxiety and Depression
• Relationship problems
• Difficulties with your sexual relationship
• Divorce and Separation
• Health issues
• Bereavement and Loss
• Difficulties due to sexual abuse
• Problems with anger
• Workplace issues
• Life crises and change
• Problems with Self esteem and confidence
• Personal growth

Individual Counselling/ Psychotherapy

Most of us experience some times when it seems hard to cope and to deal with life's difficulties and challenges, whether they arise in our private life or at work. Then again you may be feeling very dissatisfied or unhappy without being able to pinpoint any specific reason. Or you may be quite successful and function pretty well in the eyes of everybody around you but still have that nagging feeling that something is missing and that somehow you have not fulfilled your potential.

Individual counselling/ psychothereapy can help you deal with any of those situations. It provides an opportunity to make sense of your thoughts, feelings and behaviour in a safe, non- judgmental and confidential environment. It can enable you to gain more awareness and understanding into your problem(s) and help you to make changes so you deal more effectively with those issues that you are facing and ultimately lead a happier, more fulfilling life.

Couple Counselling

When problems in your relationship is the main issue that worries you, it is normally very helpful for both partners to come together for counselling.

Couples in a crisis often find themselves getting stuck and going over and over the same ground again without being able to unlock what has gone wrong. Couple counselling offers an opportunity to express and explore what is causing you to be unhappy and to find a way forward, be it together or apart.

Friends and family often try very hard to support you in your problems, but generally they tend to find it difficult or impossible to be unbiased.

I have undergone specific training in couple counselling and have worked for more than 15 years with many couples from all walks of life (whether they be living together or not, married or a in gay relationship) and will not take sides.

So let's talk, whatever your problem. You may hope the problems will go away but they won't; in fact they are likely to impinge on other parts of your life. The sooner you come, the sooner you will be able to improve or change something about your relationship.

Remember:Successful,healthy relationships are essential for a happy, fulfilling life!

Problems I can help you with in Couple Counselling:

• Not communicating??
• Drifting apart?
• Constant arguments?
• Affairs?
• Not sure whether to stay in or get out?
• Problems in your sex life?
• Money issues?
• Feeling not in control?
• Partner aggressive or violent?
• Problems with commitment?
• Repeating unhelpful relationship patterns?
• Not happy in your relationship although 'you have got it all'?
• Difficulties with ex-partners
• Jealousy affecting your relationship?
• Differences over the children?
• Problems with your sexual orientation?

Stress, Anxiety and Depression

• Do you feel you are in a big black hole and despite huge efforts on your part unable to get out of it?
• Are you feeling anxious and/or depressed but feel you need to sort it out all by yourself?
• Do you tend to think that other people's problems are more important?
• Do you feel lonely and unable to connect with those around you?
• Do you suffer from sleeplessness, tiredness or headaches for no apparent reason?
• Are you unable to switch off?
• Do you get panic attacks
• Have you got so much but still feel unhappy?

Have a look at the HAD scale to give you some idea of how depressed and anxious you really are. It is one of the most widely used self-rating scales for depression and anxiety

Life Crises

• Are you at a crossroad of your life?
• Do you want to live a fuller, more satisfying life?
• Do you want help in developing your potential?

Relationship Problems

• Are you unhappy with your relationship?
• Are you constantly arguing and going round and round in circles?
• Do you feel your partner does not hear you?
• Are you drifting apart?
• Are you not sure whether you want to stay together?
• Are you feeling lonely/or not understood
• Is your relationship on the verge of breaking up?
• Are you having an affair and nobody to confide in?
• Are you dissatified with sex and not feeling valued?
• Do you feel you are making enormous efforts but losing control?
• Does it feel as if you are always coming last?

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