I'm assuming that you are visiting this site because you are feeling distressed in some way. Here are 3 ideas that require no money which you can start today:
1. Exercise every day (even 15 minutes of doing anything that increases your heart rate will help)
2. Consume little or no drugs/alcohol
3. Meditate every day: spend just 5 minutes alone in a room (no noise if possible) and notice your breath going in and out
If you have been doing these for some time and the problem hasn't changed, or you are struggling to do these things, then come and see me. It is likely that there are some negative beliefs about yourself that are keeping that distress in place. We will work together on those beliefs - this will require internal work and possibly external changes in your life too.
Or if your current struggle is with a relationship, please click here for more info.
I completely believe that counselling should be effective, that every session should feel worthwhile and contribute to the goals that you came to receive counselling for. As such I will regularly ask you for feedback so that we can make every session count.
"When I realised that I wasn't the problem, but that depression was the problem, it shifted completely how I saw things and enabled me (together with the help of the 3 steps above) to finally move out of the dark tunnel I'd been living in for years. I realised that the problem wasn't rooted somewhere deep within me, but was due to external factors that kept it in place.
Some of these external factors are things we can't change - the world is unfair and will make life even more difficult for you if, for whatever reason, you do not fit into the dominant norm of whatever society or subculture you exist in. However some of these external factors are things we can change. The key is to identify which things you do have agency to change, or at least challenge, and which things need to be accepted in order to have internal peace."
1. Exercise every day (even 15 minutes of doing anything that increases your heart rate will help)
2. Consume little or no drugs/alcohol
3. Meditate every day: spend just 5 minutes alone in a room (no noise if possible) and notice your breath going in and out
If you have been doing these for some time and the problem hasn't changed, or you are struggling to do these things, then come and see me. It is likely that there are some negative beliefs about yourself that are keeping that distress in place. We will work together on those beliefs - this will require internal work and possibly external changes in your life too.
Or if your current struggle is with a relationship, please click here for more info.
I completely believe that counselling should be effective, that every session should feel worthwhile and contribute to the goals that you came to receive counselling for. As such I will regularly ask you for feedback so that we can make every session count.
"When I realised that I wasn't the problem, but that depression was the problem, it shifted completely how I saw things and enabled me (together with the help of the 3 steps above) to finally move out of the dark tunnel I'd been living in for years. I realised that the problem wasn't rooted somewhere deep within me, but was due to external factors that kept it in place.
Some of these external factors are things we can't change - the world is unfair and will make life even more difficult for you if, for whatever reason, you do not fit into the dominant norm of whatever society or subculture you exist in. However some of these external factors are things we can change. The key is to identify which things you do have agency to change, or at least challenge, and which things need to be accepted in order to have internal peace."
If you're not 100% sure about counselling, I'm more than happy to have a no-obligation phone chat with you to discuss any questions or concerns you might have.
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