Facing difficult situations
We all find ourselves facing difficult situations at various times in our lives. Are you struggling with anxiety, stress at work, feeling low or cannot find your purpose/meaning in life? Is life just too overwhelming and you find yourself sailing in stormy waters? Have you lost a loved one and are trying to deal with grief or other types of loss such as redundancy or divorce? Do you just need someone to talk to and be listened to?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions or you have other concerns you would like to discuss, then counselling might be for you and perhaps I can help.
If you are a therapist, I am also able to offer integrative supervision, please read more about Ark Counselling.
Feelings of Low Self-esteem / Assertiveness
The good news is that these negative beliefs can be challenged and we can grow in confidence and become more assertive. Passiveness can be equally as damaging as aggressiveness.
Depression or Postnatal Illness
Cognitive, Behavioural Therapy can certainly help by challenging the cycle of negative and unhelpful thinking, leading to negative emotions, leading to negative behaviour.
Anxiety / Stress / Panic Disorder / Phobias
Learning that anxiety will not kill you and that you can develop anxiety busting techniques which, when practiced, will enable you to reduce your own anxiety to a reasonable level, really helps.
