Counselling (Individual and Couples) The majority of us cope well enough with day to day problems which arise in our lives. Sometimes, however we meet a situation that can stretch our coping resources to the limit and where we might find it difficult to seek the usual support of a friend or family member. Counselling may be helpful for the following: anxietydepressionstressillnessbereavementrelationship and family problemsmajor life changesfertility Counselling can be helpful for many difficulties where specific events in your life have affected you. It may also be that there has been no crisis but you have developed some anxiety or sadness about a situation and you would find it helpful to have one or two counselling sessions to help you to resolve this or to deal with it differently. The Person-Centred Approach The main focus of this approach is on facilitating your capacity to know, explore and connect to yourself, more freely and effectively. It is not the role of the counsellor to give you solutions, but to support the process of you discovering your own answers. You may be feeling you have no clue of 'what they are' just now, but the counsellor is here with you to support your journey. Person-centred counsellors believe and respect your inner power, and aim to understand how you are. Devised by Carl Rogers, Person Centered Counselling is based on the assumption that a client seeking help in the resolution of a problem they are experiencing, can enter into a relationship with a counsellor who is sufficiently accepting and permissive to allow the client to freely express any emotions and feelings. This will enable the client to come to terms with negative feelings, which may have caused emotional problems, and develop inner resources. Relationship The relationship between the Counsellor and Client is at the centre of the sessions. It is important to the counsellor that you obtain what you expect to obtain from counselling, and to develop the best environment for this purpose together. Confidentiality Anything you choose to discuss with the counsellor will be held as strictly confidential, and treated with respect and in accordance with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Ethical Guidelines. The counsellor will not pass on any information without your request or permission.Appointments The first session is an opportunity to meet with the Counsellor and to discuss whether Counselling may be helpful for you and to agree on an initial number of sessions. Please contact Woodland Herbs using the details below to make an appointment. If you would like to speak to Francesca Howell before booking an appointment please contact us by email or phone and we can arrange for Francesca to contact you at a suitable time. Please let us know your available times to be contacted.Infertility Counselling It is sometimes difficult to manage the powerful feelings, which emerge when you discover that starting a family is not going to be easy or may not be possible at all. Anger, envy, worthlessness, feelings of deep loss and fears for the future are very normal feelings when coping with this experience but can be very difficult to contain. Any of these feelings may occur at any stage. Sometime they are experienced long after you might have expected to "come to terms with" the situation. It can, for many reasons, also be difficult to seek support from those who would normally help - family, friends. Francesca offers counselling for people with any issues of fertility or going through assisted fertility, such as IVF/IUI or ICSI. She is a member of the British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA) |
