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Are any of the following statements true for you? "I find myself in unfulfilling or painful relationships." When you look back you might see a pattern in your relationships and change feels difficult, impossible, or you don't know where to start. "I don't know how to cope with a big change in my life." Perhaps a bereavement, a separation, a birth, a new relationship, an illness or redundancy. Your life has changed and it is difficult to imagine how to live with the change. "I experience feelings of loneliness and isolation." It is difficult to talk to friends,family and colleagues about how you feel and you are worried that they won’t understand, that they don’t have the time, or you are concerned about burdening them. "I often feel anger or rage." You have powerful feelings of anger or rage, which can come unexpectedly and feel beyond your control. Your feelings might seem out of proportion with the situation and perhaps cause you to act in ways that you later regret. "I compare myself unfavourably to other people." Others seem to be more confident/successful/happy than you. You want to connect, to make friends and build relationships, but feel that others will not be interested in you. You might even appear happy and confident on the outside, but inside you feel empty and unfulfilled. "I feel that I am not making a valuable contribution in my life." It seems that time is slipping by, that you are being held back, that nothing of significance is happening and your life lacks meaning and purpose. "I want to deepen my self-awareness." You are already familiar with therapeutic self-exploration and are open to further developing your insight as part of your personal or professional growth. If any of these are familiar to you, it is possible that counselling could help.
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Who Chooses Counselling With Me? If any of the following are true for you, you might find counselling helpful: You feel that you can’t go on with a relationship or situation. You might want to make changes with some things, to develop acceptance with others. Your day-to-day life is affected by difficult emotions. Perhaps you want to find more helpful ways of expressing feelings of sadness and anger, or want to feel some release from shame, guilt or hopelessness. You are prepared to make a commitment to see if counselling could help. You are not sure if counselling is for you (or which counsellor) and want to commit to an initial period of working to help you make your decision You have already taken steps to make life feel better. You may have spoken to friends, made some changes. Counselling is rarely the first step you will have taken. The fact that you are looking for a counsellor shows you are already taking steps! You want to deepen the self-exploration that you have already undertaken. Perhaps you have already experienced counselling or therapy, or are a counsellor-in-training, and want to further your self-understanding.
Now you know about who I work with, find out more about what you can expect from working with me by clicking on this link How I Work To contact me for a free telephone consultation call 020 7625 3247 or click here to e mail me 2010 Helene Baker Counselling North West London with Counsellor London |
Many of us choose counselling at some time in our lives when we meet with difficulties and challenges. We meet suffering and setbacks as: adults children partners husbands wives adult sons and daughters brothers and sisters colleagues parents and whether we are: living in families living alone in a relationship wanting a relationship facing an ending wanting change fearing change experiencing change For some of us the challenges that we meet might be specific crises or difficulties, for others they may be more general feelings of stress or dissatisfaction. Counselling offers an opportunity for us to understand more about ourselves and our relationships - who and how we are in the world - and can offer alternative perspectives and ways of exploring our experiences. |
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