How can Counselling help me?

Counselling can enable people to move forward within their lives through developing the following:

Insight - Enables people to acquire an understanding of the origin and development of the challenges that they face.

Self-Awareness - Allows individuals to become aware of their thoughts and feelings which they may have previously blocked off or denied.

Self-Acceptance - Develops an understanding of self and encourages a positive attitude towards self.

Self-Actualisation - Encourages people to move towards fulfilling their potential.

Relating to Others - Improves a persons ability to form and maintain meaningful and satisfying relationships.

Problem Solving - Allows an individual to acknowledge and find a solution to a problem and improve problem-solving skills.

Psychological Education - Develops knowledge about specific problems and treatments.  Allows people to learn new ideas and techniques to help them understand and control thoughts and behaviours.

Social Skills - :Allows the person to learn and enhance skills which can lead to an improvement in communication.

Cognitive Change - Encourages individuals to learn how to modify or restructure unhelpful thinking or overthinking.

Behaviour Change -  Encourages people to learn how to modify or change self-destructive behaviours.

Systemic Change - Allows change to take place within social circles,  such as families or the work place.

Empowerment - Allows individuals to take control of their lives and make amends for any previous destructive behaviour.

References

Mcleod,J. (2013). An Introduction to Counselling. Fifth Edition. New York: Open University Press