Counsellling
What is Counselling?
Counselling is a talking therapy that involves a trained therapist listening to a person seeking help and helping them find ways to deal with their difficulty. The term "counselling" can mean different things to different people, often "counselling" is used to refer to talking therapies in general, but counselling is also a type of therapy in its own right.
What is Counselling good for?
In general, Counselling is a process people seek when they want to change something in their lives, or simply explore their thoughts and feelings in more depth.
Counselling can help a person cope with emotional distress, an upsetting physical health condition, a difficult life event, such as a bereavement, a relationship breakdown or work-related stress, as well as difficult emotions – for example, low self-esteem or anger.
What to expect from your session?
In counselling clients have the opportunity to explore their feelings, thoughts, concerns and experiences without judgement.
A counsellor will not give you their opinions or advice. Instead, the counsellor will focus on helping you find your own solutions.
When we asked how counselling works, Jess Evans, one of the counsellors at the DLTC said:
"It is vital to helping an individual feel accepted and better understand their own feelings and sense of self-worth… This re-connection with their inner resources enables clients to find their own way to move forward."
Our counsellors are trained in a range of approaches, including person-centred, psychodynamic or integrative counselling. The counsellor can provide an opinion on what type of counselling would be best for you.