PERSONAL, RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY THERAPY

LOCATED IN RODD POINT — ON THE BAY NEAR FIVE DOCK, DRUMMOYNE, AND LEICHHARDT — SYDNEY, NSW

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Why Have Counselling?
There are many good reasons to undertake counselling.

Insight
Most of us have old patterns of behaviour and old belief systems which hold us back from enjoying life as much as we could and from performing as effectively as we could. We bring a unique clarifying focus to our issues when we set aside a concrete time to talk them over with a trained professional. Often we have insights and wisdom about our circumstances which lie buried by the normal momentum of life. Counselling gives the space for these insights to emerge and a therapist can facilitate this.

Emotional Expression
Many people have suppressed emotions which need a safe place in which to emerge. Anxiety, depression and lack of self-esteem are all side-effects of unexpressed pain. Processing unexplored pain from the present or the past helps to free irrational beliefs and over-reactions, rid us of anxiety, raise our self-esteem and bring a joy and energy to life which is hard to experience otherwise.

Relationships and Communication
A therapist can also help with complex family dynamics by knowing how to unravel them and guide towards clear boundaries and clear communication. Counselling is just as helpful in the analysis of work relationships and performance. It facilitates clarity, renewed confidence and creativity.

Life Changes
Transitions of all kinds put extra pressure on us and sometimes life changes faster than we can adapt. A connection with an empathic therapist is supportive and grounding and provides validation through the stressful periods of life.

Healing and Growth
There are an enormous number of things that counselling can help with including pain control, the elimination of phobias, the healing of post traumatic stress disorder, and the reduction or elimination of tinnitus, chronic fatigue and other physical conditions. Every person is a complex interconnection of the emotional, the physical and the spiritual. Healing and growth in one area of our lives has a flow on effect to the rest of us.

I am happy to answer any questions you may have, so please feel free to email me or call on (02) 9712 2440.