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About Counselling & Psychotherapy

There is considerable overlap between counselling and psychotherapy. In both counselling and psychotherapy you are invited to talk about whatever is foremost on your mind. This can be problems, confusions, anxieties, feelings, thoughts, memories, or dreams. The therapist listens and tries to help you make sense of whatever is happening. However there are some important differences in approach.

Counselling tends to be focused on support, communication, exploring feelings, and problem solving. The counsellor will focus more on the present and the future and less on the past. It is usually best suited for therapy of short duration. You may have recently taken a knock and want a bit of help to get back on track. The goal is to resolve the present life situation and move forward. Counselling often uses more tools, techniques and procedures.

Psychotherapy is an approach to mental and emotional disturbance and distress with historical origins that trace back to Freud. The very thought of this is scary for some people. Yet contemporary psychotherapy has an relational emphasis and is practised in a warm, friendly, open and affirming way. The links below outline some of the central concepts of psychotherapy. Some of these may call to you, others may not so the approach is tailored to each individual. Learn more about:

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