REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER COUNSELLING

 

1. TO TALK

Having a space to let out your thoughts, emotions, fears, and disappointments may provide relief.

2. TO LISTEN TO YOURSELF

The inner you has been wanting to speak, as you go through counselling, you get to hear your own self, an act of self-love.

3. TO FIND SUPPORT

Counselling will remind you that you don’t have to go through life alone.

4. TO PAUSE AND REFLECT

Life can get busy with a lot of demands and responsibilities. Counselling helps you to step out of your busy life and think about how you are really doing.

5. TO HAVE PERSPECTIVE

Counselling will help you to not only address the presenting issue, but also your past, the different dynamics at play in your life and the journey you have walked so far, to help you to have a holistic grasp of matters.

6. FOR COPING STRATEGIES

Counselling can introduce you to strategies and techniques to use to handle what life throws at you.

7. TO FEEL HEARD

Having someone to listen to you without judgment is helpful.

8. TO DISCOVER YOURSELF MORE

As you go through counselling, you will learn new things about yourself and celebrate your uniqueness more.

9. TO SHAPE YOUR FUTURE

Counselling will reveal to you that you have the power to shape your story and that you are not held hostage by your past or present circumstances.

 

 

HOW COUNSELLING MAY IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

 

1. It could give you a chance to finally talk about your issues to someone who will listen without judging you.

2. It allows you to pause from your busy life and address your personal needs. 

3. It could help you to identify exactly why you are not feeling your best.

4. It could give you a chance to finally listen to yourself.

5. It could help you face the fears you have been running away from.

6. It may help you to gain a broader perspective beyond your current situation. 

7. It could help you to lessen the emotional burden you carry.

8. It could provide for you tools and strategies to cope with your unique situation.

9. It could help you to find the confidence to shape your life.

10. It could help you get unstuck by unpacking the issues that have been troubling you.

11. It could help you to discover yourself and love yourself more.

 

 

HOW TO DEAL WITH ANXIETY

1. Explore what exactly brings you anxiety.

2. Identify how long you have been anxious about that matter.

3. Objectively check if your anxiety is caused by a perceived fear or by real fears.

4. Validate your feelings. Don't silence yourself. Anxiety can overwhelm you when you ignore it.

5. Find someone to talk to about your anxiety. It helps you to process your emotions.

6. Focus on what you have most control of, moderate your expectations on things you don’t have much control of. 

7. Write down your plan of what needs to be done, this will help you to formulate solutions.

8. If you are facing an inevitable task, use positive self-talk to encourage yourself.

9. Once you have overcome your anxiety, reward yourself.

10. Go for counselling in case you struggle to manage anxiety on your own.

11. Pat yourself on the back for the moments in the past that you overcame anxiety. If you did it then, you can do it again.