Therapy Definitions

Counselling

Counselling is a contractual arrangement whereby a counsellor meets a client in privacy and confidence to explore dissatisfactions or difficulties, which the client is experiencing. No one can be `sent’ for Counselling, it must be the choice of the client, for a reluctant client will rarely get the best out of his or her Counselling.

During counselling sessions the client is encouraged to explore various aspects of his or her life and feelings, talking freely and openly in a way that is rarely possible with friends or family - to a person outside of the situation who neither judges nor takes control of the decision making process. Bottled up feelings such as anger, anxiety, grief and embarrassment can become very intense and an opportunity to express these during counselling can make them easier to understand. The counsellor will encourage the expression of thoughts and feelings and as a result of his or her training will be able to accept whatever the material the clients brings without becoming personally burdened.
 

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