What is counselling?
Counselling is a professional relationship between counsellor and
client and is usually conducted on a one-to-one basis. Counselling
more ordinarily takes place within a consulting room, but these days
counselling can be performed over the telephone or the internet via
instant messaging and email.
Counselling is supportive and its aim is to encourage you to use of
your own inner resources in dealing with various issues.
Sometimes just putting your problem into words helps and may enable
you to find a new perspective.
Counselling aims to enable you to reach your self-determined goals
through well-informed choices and through resolution of problems of
an emotional and interpersonal nature.
Seeking counselling is not a sign of weakness, rather a positive
desire to explore various paths to help yourself to understand,
clarify and to overcome your problems. The end result leaving you
better equipped to cope for the future.
Counselling can be ongoing until support is no longer needed. |
