About Counselling
How does counselling help?
Counselling offers an opportunity for you to explore your thoughts and emotions in a safe, confidential setting away from the pressures and judgement of society. The overall aim being to work towards living in a way which is more productive and fulfilling.
People seek counselling for many reasons. Some may be feeling depressed, anxious, having difficulties in relationships or are battling addictions they do not feel able to control. Some come because they feel sad and empty inside and others because of feelings of guilt or low self-esteem. Mostly, people seek counselling because they feel stuck, unsatisfied or lost in their lives.
Couples may decide to come to counselling for a variety of reasons. This may include (and not limited to), struggling with communication issues, intimacy concerns, affairs, or conflicts related to parenting or extended family. Other times, couples may be dealing with significant life changes, such as job loss or a health issue, that have put a strain on their relationship. Couples counselling provides a safe and supportive space for couples to explore their concerns and work towards resolving conflicts. Through therapy, couples can develop healthier communication patterns, gain insight into their own and their partner's needs, and learn strategies for building and maintaining a strong, satisfying relationship.
Our role, whilst always respecting your values and capacity for choice, is to help you explore whatever it is that is troubling you, and through our work together, facilitate any changes you may wish to make.
An Effective, Combined Approach
At Calm we practice Integrative Counselling and recognise the uniqueness of each individual client. Humanistic Counselling assumes that each person has the ability to grow emotionally and psychologically and achieve self-fulfilment. As Integrative counsellors we are able to combine knowledge and skills from multiple disciplines; Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, Person-Centred and Psychodynamic therapy which can be much more effective than just focusing on one approach.
Transactional Analysis is designed to promote personal growth and change and can help people to reach their full potential in all aspects of their lives.
Gestalt Therapy explores experiences in the here-and-now and works with the body process. Allowing people to draw on information and become more attuned to what is happening for them in a holistic way.
Person-Centred counselling adopts a genuine and transparent model, offering those being counselled the space to explore in their own way with acceptance.
Psychodynamic Therapy focuses on helping individuals to gain insight into their unconscious thoughts and feelings, particularly those that may be causing difficulties in their daily lives. The therapist and client work together to explore the client's emotions, experiences, and patterns of behaviour to identify underlying conflicts and unresolved issues.
At Calm we treat every client as an individual and draw upon these various approaches to offer each client therapy that is unique and personal to them.
