Counselling
Counseling is a professional service that helps individuals cope with personal challenges, mental health issues, and relationship problems through guided conversations with trained counselors.
What is Counseling?
At Bliss Spa our Counsellors help you to reduce stress. That’s what we are all about!!
Counselling Talk Therapy can help you to cope with your issues and move through life.
Counselling is when you talk with a qualified professional to help you make sense of and deal with the things you are going through. Counsellors ask questions and listen to you in a way that is:
- non-judgmental
- safe
- confidential
People of any age can see a counsellor — there are counsellors who specialise in helping people throughout the life span.
Depending on your needs, counselling can be for a short time or long term. It can also be done:
- individually
- with specific people, such as family members or a partner
What problems can counselling help with?
Counsellors help people who are facing problems such as:
- carer stress
- financial stress
- loss, grief and bereavement
- challenges with mental health and wellbeing
- relationship problems
- stress
- trauma and domestic violence
Counsellors can also support people with mental illnesses like:
Counselling can also:
- help with addictions — alcohol, drug or
gambling addictions - help you quit smoking
- help you manage anger
What sort of treatment does a counsellor provide?
Some counsellors offer a range of approaches, which means they can offer counselling that best suits you. Other counsellors offer only one approach.
Examples of different types of therapies used in counselling are:
- acceptance and commitment therapy
- CBT Therapy
- couples counselling
- group therapies for grief, substance abuse or other issues
Counsellors can work with you to:
- Reduce stress and anxiety and feel better.
- help you understand yourself better
- help you develop strategies to work towards goals
- provide advice on the difficulties you are facing
A counsellor can help you develop your problem-solving skills by:
- helping you to understand the issues you are facing
- exploring the options you have to manage these issues.
Counsellors can refer you on for further help if needed. Counsellors don’t diagnose mental health conditions.
Is counselling confidential?
By law, a counsellor must keep what you tell them confidential.
There are some exceptions, such as where you or another person is thought to be at risk of harm.
Your counsellor should outline confidentiality in your first session.