Have you been thinking about seeking counselling?
If this is your first experience, like anything else new and unknown it can seem a bit daunting.
If it is your first experience it can be a scary one, you may not know what to expect or what will happen, but you are not alone in these feelings and it is perfectly normal to feel anxious and unsure.
It’s not always easy to talk about your concerns and worries and you don’t always want to talk to friends or family, sometimes those closest to you feel they have to have all the answers and that is their job to make things better, you may feel you are bothering them or adding to their worries.
Maybe you don't want someone to jump in and 'save' you, you just need the time and space to figure things out, perhaps you just want to talk without the fear of being judged.
Counselling gives you the opportunity and space to explore whatever might be going on in life right now, it may be something that you've been holding on to for many years; experiences in childhood that have influenced who or where you are now.
It could be something more recent, perhaps relationship issues, a relationship breakdown or a bereavement.
Life events can leave you questioning who you are and what you're doing?
Parenthood, Marriage, divorce, career changes are just some of life's big events and can leave you feeling overwhelmed and perhaps a bit lost.
Sometimes you come to a crossroads in life and just don't know how to move forwards.
Given the time, space and support you need you can find a way forward, you are after all the expert on your own life, you may just not be feeling it right now.
It's not always easy to find the time in your day to day life to work out what's really going on for you and how to make the changes you need.
Counselling gives you the time and space to do just that; it is a specific time just for you to allow yourself to focus solely on yourself with no distractions or outside interference.