Therapeutic Counselling
Counselling is a safe and confidential collaboration between a qualified counsellor and their client. It focuses on promoting mental health and wellbeing, enhancing self-understanding, and resolving any identified concerns or worries.
Counselling can help you to:
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adjust to change, whether planned or unexpected
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manage grief, loss and bereavement
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relieve stress, distress and compassion fatigue
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learn how to cope better with big emotions
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learn how to make critical life decisions
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better understand your thoughts and behaviours
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uncover personal insights
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find workable strategies and real-life solutions
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build personal resilience and improve self-esteem
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empower yourself, your family and your relationships
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find your pathway to better mental health, wellness, education or career goals
In counselling, you get to participate actively in a protected and confidential space where you can explore any topic - affecting your day to day living such as aspects of identity, spirituality, relationships with yourself and others, past experiences, parenting, grief and loss, trauma, domestic violence, abuse in childhood, misuse of alcohol and other substances, poor mental health, chronic or sudden illness or approaching end of life.
Thoughtful Connections - Finding your way, Together.
In counselling evidence-based and researched therapies coupled with specialized interpersonal skills are used to facilitate change and empower clients. Counselling is most effective when you feel safe, understood, respected, and trust that you are accepted without judgement.
Our counselling professionals are trained to be fully present with you, and use empathy and deep listening to establish a positive working therapeutic relationship with you.
Change facilitated by counselling can help you to
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appreciate new or different perspectives
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experience new insights
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think about situations differently
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become aware of new feelings
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better tolerate and regulate your emotions
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unearth new actions, behaviours or thoughts
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make different decisions that work better in your life
Loss. Pain. Grief.
These ask to be
recognized, explored, validated.
Then your healing can begin.
At Thoughtful Connections, we will gently and safely identify where you are now, in relation to where you want to be in your life. We will explore your situation together and find your way to a "new normal", where the hurt begins to heal and your world starts to makes sense again. If you think you could benefit from connecting with our professional counsellor, please Contact us.
Counselling can offer a confidential, facilitated platform to work on specific relationship issues or other concerns like:
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Relationship dynamics
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Values, beliefs and world views
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Financial matters
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Trust and communication
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Quality time
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Family connections
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Intimacy and affection
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Parenting or step-parenting
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Physical or mental health concerns
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Outside pressures like work, friendships or competing demands
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Healthy "uncoupling"
The above list is not exhaustive, neither is it limited to intimate couple relationships. Counselling can be useful in any environment where respectful, equitable and empathic communication is desired, whether among families, in the workplace or in community groups. If you would like more information on relationship counselling, please visit our relationship counselling page.
Some people feel better, safer or more comfortable when engaging in a Therapeutic Group. If this is you, please visit our Therapeutic Group page.