What can bring people to therapy?

People come to counselling for many reasons.

Sometimes a particular difficulty has become hard to manage; perhaps life has changed and you are struggling to adjust; or you may not be entirely sure what is wrong, only that you don't feel like yourself.

I can support you with difficulties such as:

• Anxiety and excessive worry

• Panic attacks

• Depression and low mood

• Stress and feeling overwhelmed

• Trauma and difficult past experiences

• Low self-esteem and confidence

• Relationship difficulties and break-ups

• Bereavement and loss

• Major life changes and transitions

• Difficulties adjusting to university, work or retirement

• Changes in identity or sense of purpose

• Moving home or country

• Becoming a parent, becoming a new mum or a mum again

• Changes in family life, including becoming an empty nester

• Difficult emotions or recurring patterns of behaviour

• Feeling stuck or uncertain about the future

You do not need to identify yourself with a particular diagnosis or category to come to therapy.