coping

30 Reasons Why People Decide to Seek Therapy

30 Reasons Why People Decide to Seek Therapy

It is fairly common to dismiss needing help for your mental health. The dismissive thoughts can sound like ‘Is this significant/bad/big enough to need therapy?’ Or ‘It’s so bad, nothing could possibly help!’

Maybe you have told yourself ‘It’s nothing really, it will pass’ or ‘I just need to manage my time better’ or ‘There is just no way I can make time for therapy!’ or ‘I shouldn’t make such a big deal of it’

… if you find yourself wondering if indeed you should try counselling /therapy, then instead of shushing that voice, maybe you can allow yourself to stay with the question?

Get the Most Out of Online Counselling

Get the Most Out of Online Counselling

A few months ago, working remotely and meeting clients virtually for online counselling sessions was the only option available due to safety concerns in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. There was a ‘lockdown’ like situation, which meant that I either met my clients online or not at all. I felt responsible to minimize the risk – as much as I could. Taking my practice online seemed like the obvious thing to do.

Switching to a completely online practice brought a lot of challenges – some of which I was familiar with (like unreliable internet connections) and many which I had not anticipated (like online payments and building rapport virtually!). Over the weeks and months, as with anything else, it has gotten better. I have learned a lot in this time (some of it seems super obvious in hindsight!) and would like to share it with you.