Counselling Services

What Counselling Offers

Counselling provides a confidential, supportive space to explore emotional, psychological, and relational challenges. It is a collaborative process focused on understanding your experiences, reducing distress, and building practical strategies that support meaningful and sustainable change. Sessions are tailored to your individual needs, goals, and life context, drawing on evidence‑based therapeutic approaches.

Counselling may help you to:

Better understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviour patterns
Process difficult or overwhelming experiences
Strengthen emotional regulation and coping skills
Improve communication and relationships
Develop insight, resilience, and self‑compassion
Create change that feels realistic and lasting

Who Counselling Is Designed For

Counselling is suitable for adults, couples, and families experiencing a wide range of concerns, including but not limited to:

Anxiety, stress, and burnout
Depression or low mood
Trauma and post‑traumatic stress
Grief and loss
Relationship and family conflict
Life transitions, identity changes, or adjustment difficulties
Emotional regulation challenges
Patterns of negative or self‑critical thinking

Services are appropriate for individuals seeking short‑term, focused support as well as those wanting deeper, longer‑term therapeutic work. Counselling can also complement Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) by supporting emotional wellbeing alongside practical decision‑making.

Therapeutic Approach

Counselling is delivered using a client‑centred, trauma‑informed framework. This means therapy is grounded in safety, respect, collaboration, and choice. The therapeutic relationship is prioritised, and interventions are selected carefully to align with your preferences, readiness, and therapeutic goals.

Rather than a one‑size‑fits‑all model, therapy is integrative and flexible, adapting over time as your needs change.

Treatment Options and Definitions

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
A structured, evidence‑based therapy used to process traumatic or distressing memories. EMDR helps the brain reprocess experiences that remain “stuck,” reducing their emotional intensity and impact on daily life.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
A practical, goal‑focused approach that examines the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. CBT supports identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing healthier, more balanced responses.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
An approach that focuses on emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. DBT is particularly helpful for individuals who experience intense emotions or relationship difficulties.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
A trauma‑focused therapy that helps individuals examine and challenge unhelpful beliefs related to traumatic experiences. CPT supports the development of more adaptive and compassionate ways of understanding events and their meaning.

Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 2)
An evidence‑based approach to couples counselling focused on strengthening communication, managing conflict effectively, and deepening emotional connection. The Gottman Method provides practical tools grounded in decades of relationship research.

Hypnotherapy
A guided, focused state of attention used to support habit change, anxiety management, and self‑exploration. Hypnotherapy can assist in accessing subconscious patterns and reinforcing therapeutic goals in a safe and controlled way.

What to Expect