Counselling for life transitions can help you to make sense of unexpected change that has occurred, or to prepare for a transition that may be coming. Counselling can help you from being 'stuck' in the face of change, and address anxiety related issues that may arise.
Counselling for feelings of depression and anxiety can help you to understand the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, to recognise automatic unhelpful thoughts, and develop strategies for managing the symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Self-esteem counselling can help you develop a healthier sense of self-worth and confidence. Through gentle exploration you will be supported to identify negative self-talk, develop self-compassion, and improve your relationships with others.
Counselling for loneliness and isolation begins with looking at what has led you to this state of feeling lonely, and exploration of how you can move forward and make connections. Exploration of your social network, values, and barriers can provide insight into your loneliness.
Stress management counselling services can help you identify and manage stress in healthy ways. You will be guided and supported to help develop healthy, positive coping skills, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve your overall well-being.
Carer support can help carers feel heard, understood and valued in their challenging role. Counselling can help you to reconnect with the positive aspects of caring, while providing you with strategies to cope when times are difficult.
Grief and loss counselling can help you to understand your grief around the losses of a loved one, your independence, your home or circumstances, and learn how to make continuing bonds with those losses and to live again alongside your grief.
Edith Wharton
I see you as the expert in your own life. I will walk beside you on your counselling journey, helping you to find your way, and our counselling relationship will be collaborative and mutually respectful.
You might be caught up, seeing only the negative things in your life, but I believe everyone has strengths. I can help you uncover your strengths and help you to see how you are already winning at life.
We often get stuck seeing only the problems in our life. Using principles from De Shazer’s Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, I can help you to shift your perspective and instead see solutions.
The relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours is a complex one, and using cognitive-behavioural principles I can help you to understand how your automatic thoughts may be impacting on your feelings and behaviours, and help you to learn strategies to create more workable behaviours.
With principles spanning back thousands of years, mindfulness is a practice that can help you to be engaged in the here-and-now. Benefits of mindfulness practice include increased resilience, a greater sense of self-worth, and an all-over sense of wellbeing.
Epictetus
Jessica Bakkers Dip Couns; BA (Rural Social Welfare)
ACA member # 27281
ABN: 61 129 670 466
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