Holistic Counselling: Creating a flourishing life.
Holistic Counselling Is an effective, integrated method combining cognition and intuition. It is a creative way to understand yourself and to bring lasting change.
Counselling will help in stressful life situations where there is a need for adaptation to changing circumstances. Difficult experiences will be treated in different ways, with verbal strategies and non-verbal techniques. Each client is treated as a unique individual and each session is tailored around the presenting circumstances.
All sessions are directed by the client’s needs.
- Counselling will help you manage relationships in the family and at work, so you can continue functioning skillfully.
- Difficulties experienced in your daily life can be an indicator of your unmet needs. Often grief, loss, guilt, anger, betrayal and fear blocks our happiness.
- Unresolved issues will resurface and could lead to depression, anxiety or panic attacks.
- Learning to set effective boundaries is often necessary and helpful for your quality of life to improve.
- Effective communication helps you connect with yourself and your loved ones.
Relationship Challenges
Experiential processes are used to uncover and heal behaviour patterns laid down early in life that are stopping you reach your potential NOW.
Divorce
Learn strategies for developing resilience after loss and confusion.
Grief & Loss
Intense emotions are a normal part of mourning. It is important to grieve and honour what is lost. Expressing these feelings will help you renew your inner strength.
Depression
Irregular sleeping & eating habits, lack of motivation, loss of self-esteem, and low energy levels are symptoms of depression. Recognizing and working with these debilitating symptoms will help you transform them.
Fear & Anxiety
Identify where your fear originates and learn skills to understand and overcome it.
Stress Management
Strategies for managing stress arising from illness, cancer treatment, uncertainty in the workplace, or any other stress related situation. Supporting families by helping with the daily routine, including implementation of nutritional and medical recommendations.
Artistic Therapies
Are non-verbal techniques that help you explore and communicate feelings, enabling you to transform negative experiences and trauma. These might include colour, sound, gesture and simple movement.
We use the following techniques::
- Sandplay Therapy
- Painting Therapy
- Clay Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Sound Therapy
- Movement Therapy
Children and Adolescents
Artistic therapies are effective and beneficial for children and adolescents. Self-esteem and personal dignity can be built up through imaginative activities.
Artistic Therapies are a creative way to develop social and emotional well being. Children and adolescents with behavioural challenges or intellectual blockages can express themselves more freely through non-verbal communication. Through this new awareness the counsellor can introduce behaviour strategies that will help both parent and child.
Children and young adults can learn to be confident and to function competently, therefore reaching their full potential: they don’t need to be the bully or the victim anymore