Counselling and psychotherapy help us to rejoin the flow of life when it has been interrupted. It enables us to live life to the full and enjoy our lives, with all the obstacles that it throws at us. No life is free of pain, loss, bereavement, anxiety and sadness. Sometimes, however, we feel that we are reacting in ways that we cannot control; we erupt with anger, but actually we are sad. We are terrified of spiders, but actually we fear being lonely. We develop obsessive compulsory behaviour, but actually we are just afraid of not being loved and accepted by others. We get depressed and loose the will to get up in the morning because we feel that there is no meaning in the world. Nothing makes sense anymore, everything is devoid of meaning. We loose trust in ourselves, we think we are not worthy of love, we doubt that we are capable being good people, and we feel lost and lonely, far away from others. We have lost the ability to connect and feel that others don’t connect with us.
Counselling helps to understand these phenomena. It helps with finding solutions and with finding a way back into the flow of life. Counselling usually lasts between 10 to 20 hours and can be done weekly or bi-monthly. Psychotherapy kicks in when we do not understand ourselves anymore, when depression has been lingering for too long, when we consistently feel down, sorrowful and angsty.
In psychotherapy, we usually try do delve deeper into our biography to discover where these feelings come from, Then we can readjust our sense of ourselves and the world around us. We sometimes become aware that there is no longer a need for some of our behaviours and emotions. We can give negative emotions back to whom they belong and lead a happier, emotionally lighter life in the here and now. We can reconnect with our authentic selves, the selves that deserve love and respect, rather than sadness, aggression and mind-games.
Counselling and Psychotherapy in English 