Counselling & Pyschotherapy

Counselling is client focused and based on helping individuals, couples and families to explore issues, concerns and/or self-validation, which leads to the development of more satisfying and resourceful ways of living. Clients will have the opportunity to:

• explore thoughts, feelings and behaviours,
• expand their self-awareness,
• improve their self-esteem and motivation,
• reduce levels of stress and anxiety,
• improve communication,
• reduce depression,
• become more self-accepting,
• improve relationships, and
• increase their self-development skills.

 Psychotherapy

The practice of psychotherapy involves engaging clients in the relationship with the therapist to assist clients in examining their own lives. The Psychotherapist works with the client to enhance consciousness, which enables clients to make and maintain meaningful changes in their lives.

 For Families

Family Therapy is based on the recognition that people are significantly shaped by their original family environment. Individual issues become family issues. Interventions take into account factors that are interpersonal and intergenerational as well as intra-personal and in the here and now.

 For Couples

Couples work attempts to identify each person's view of the relationship. The focus is on working forward rather than holding on to the blame. Both parties are asked to relate how the dynamic is affecting them personally and what they are doing in response. Through taking individual responsibility for one's actions, each person will begin to control the only thing they can control, themselves. This approach allows for differences and encourages the recognition that one's partner does not have to have the same world-view.

 Women's Education Programme:

The aim of the Women's Education Programme is to assist participants in:

• Learning about the nature and effects of violence for women and children
• Valuing women and themselves
• Looking forward
• Moving toward the elimination of violence and its effects

 Men's Stopping Violence and Anger Management Education Programme:

• Men who have been served with protection orders
• Men who have domestic violence or anger management issues
• Men who recognise a need to change their attitudes towards those they are in a relationship with
• Men who want to break the cycle of violence in the family

 Alcohol and other Drugs:

For both men and women with substance abuse problems.  For supporting, sharing, learning, challenging and healing.