Our Counselling Services

Please note: Some concerns that you require help for may not appear here. If that is the case, please contact the office and we will be happy to provide additional information regarding our comprehensive counselling services.

Depression

You may benefit from counselling for depression if you:
 
• Persistently feel sad, guilty or empty
• Struggle with feeling hopeless, helpless, or worthless
• Have lost interest in activities or hobbies that were once pleasurable
• Lack motivation
• Have difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions
• Sleep too much or too little
• Overeat or have lost your appetite
• Think about suicide, or have attempted to take your life
• Have aches, pains, cramps, or digestive problems that do not respond to medical treatment
• Frequently experience exhaustion or fatigue

Counselling can help you overcome depression by helping you to:

• Become aware of current or past life experiences which may be triggering your depression so that you can overcome them
• Work through troubled relationships that may be causing your depression
• Challenge and overcome the thoughts and behaviors which perpetuate depression
• Develop a social support network
• Connect to community resources to assist you in becoming a stronger person
• Develop effective strategies to overcome your depressed feelings
• Set realistic and attainable life goals
• Regain a sense of happiness and control in your life

Anxiety

You may benefit from counselling for anxiety if you:

• Are constantly worried, fearful or tense
• Find your anxiety interferes with work, family, or other responsibilities
• Feel overwhelmed by thoughts which you know are irrational
• Avoid everyday situations because they make you feel anxious
• Struggle with muscle tension, aches, or soreness that cannot be explained
• Have trouble falling or staying asleep
• Are unable to relax
• Are often fatigued or tire easily
• Have difficulty concentrating

Counselling can help you overcome your anxiety by helping you to:

• Challenge the negative thinking that sustains your anxiety
• Develop an effective self-care routine to reduce your overall anxiety
• Talk through and resolve current and/or past issues which may be burdening you emotionally
• Learn effective relaxation and self-soothing techniques
• Face your fears and overcome them
• Restore your self-esteem and self-confidence
• Integrate coping strategies to specific environments where you feel most anxious
• Develop a balanced life plan that is sustainable

Anger

You may benefit from counselling to assist with anger if you:

• Hold onto your anger for a long time or never get angry
• Find your anger is having a negative impact on your relationship(s) with friends, family, or colleagues
• Become aggressive when angry
• Hurt yourself in anger
• Relive old situations which make you feel angry
• Feel that your anger interferes with living a balanced life
 
Counselling will assist you in overcoming your difficulties with anger by helping you to:
 
• Become more aware of the physical signs of your anger and how they are triggered
• Increase your awareness of feelings other than anger
• Change how you feel about situations that trigger your anger by changing the way you think
• Develop strategies to either avoid or overcome situations most likely to trigger your anger
• Learn new tools to manage and control your angry feelings and responses