What Can I Expect From Counselling?
There are many different reasons why people decide to seek counselling – it offers a chance to talk to someone you can trust about sometimes difficult issues. Counselling gives you the chance to talk about yourself and your life in a safe and confidential environment.
By choosing a National Counselling Society member you can be assured that you will be meeting someone who has been properly trained and assessed by the Society to be a safe and ethical practitioner. They are governed by the Society’s code of ethics and are fully insured. (Please see our terms and conditions for more information).
How do I find a counsellor?
Within the profession you will find that people use a number of different titles such as counsellor, psychotherapist, psychotherapeutic counsellor, etc. we have given a brief explanation of these below.
There are a variety of places where you can find a counsellor:
- The National Counselling Society Find a Counsellor tool
- GP surgeries
- In the work place
- In places of education
- Some charities and voluntary organisations
What sort of issues can counselling help?
Counselling can help with all sorts of different issues. It can help with positive events such as choosing a direction in life or reaching your full potential. Perhaps you are feeling a ‘bit stuck’ and would value the perspective of a counsellor. There may be things from your past that you would like to address or there may be things in the present that you want to try and change. Perhaps you are experiencing significant events in your life such as getting married and starting a family, leaving home for the first time or coming to terms with the death of a loved one.
Counselling may be able to help with all of the above and issues like those listed below:
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Abuse - Emotional
- Abuse - Physical
- Abuse - Present and Past
- Abuse - Sexual
- Addiction
- Addiction - Alcohol
- Addiction - Computer Games
- Addiction - Drugs (Prescription and Non-Prescription)
- Addiction - Escorts
- Addiction - Food
- Addiction - Gambling
- Addiction - Pornography
- Addiction - Smoking
- Adolescence
- Adoption
- Ageing and related issues
- AIDS / HIV
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Aspergers
- Assertiveness
- Autism
- Behaviour (unwanted)
- Bereavement
- Boarding school experience
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Carers
- Confidence
- Couples
- Cultural Issues
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce and Separation
- Down's Syndrome
- Eating Distress
- Emotional Distress
- End of life
- Family
- Fears
- Financial Difficulties
- Gender Identity
- Generally unhappy with your life
- Guilt
- Health related issues
- Infertility
- Isolation / Loneliness
- Learning Difficulties
- Life Coaching
- Life Skills
- Loss
- Managing Change & Transition
- Marriage
- Mid-Life Crisis
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Disorder
- Parenting Skills
- Parents with adult children
- Pastoral Concerns
- Personal Growth
- Phobias
- Post Natal Depression
- Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD)
- Pregnancy related issues
- Recomposed Family
- Redundancy
- Relationships
- Retirement
- Sadness / Low Mood
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Identity
- Sexuality
- Shame
- Shyness
- Sight Loss
- Social Phobia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Feelings
- Trauma
- Victim Support
- Violence
- Work related issues
- Young people and children