What is Counselling?

Support that makes a difference

Life throws many surprises at us, and while we cannot predict the outcome of any situation, we can take control of how we respond to certain situations. Counselling and psychotherapy can offer a space to explore options and help you exert your power of choice over whatever life may throw at you.

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By looking into our history, we can understand how this impacted us “back then” as well as how our experiences continue to influence us in the here and now. 

The first few sessions will usually be a space for the therapist to get to know you, and understand what brought you to therapy now. This could be a singular incident of trauma, loss, or mental health struggles, or it could be a more general curiosity to know yourself better. There's no right or wrong way to come to therapy - simply come as you are. Talking with a therapist can support change, self-acceptance, and self-belief. 

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What is transactional analysis?

Transactional Analysis (TA) is a type of therapy founded on the study of personality, patterns of behaviour, and child development. Many researchers, practitioners, writers, teachers, groups and supervisors have worked to research, develop and critique ways in which we understand human behaviour and psychology. TA provides a wealth of theory that provides a curious, humanistic, and ethical scaffolding for the therapist, who in turn will support their clients to connect the dots of their past and their present. TA practitioners are curious about why we think, feel, and behave the way we do, and will work with their clients to explore what this means to them. The core principles of TA are that people are OK; people have the capacity to think; and people decide their own destiny, and that destiny can be changed. It is important to account for how someone's family, culture, and wider societal systems impact who we are and what we do.