Therapy. Where do I start?

Sometimes we just need to know the first step and that can make all the difference.

 
 

Let’s start by focusing on…

Managing Anxiety & Depression.

  • Do you feel anxious?

  • Are you having depressive thoughts that affect your behaviours and day to day life?

  • Is your work or relationships with loved ones and family being affected?

  • Are you mentally exhausted from worrying all the time or feel numb and find it difficult to understand the point of life?

We can explore what is going on and what is triggering this response.

Grief and loss

  • Are you struggling with the loss of a loved one?

  • Are you grieving the end of a relationship?

  • Do you feel sad and alone?

Let’s talk through your experience and your emotions.

Family and cultural pressures.

Expectations and values placed on you by your family and culture can make it difficult to find your own identity.

  • Do you feel blocked in making choices and living your own life?

  • Do you feel disloyal for wanting to break away or the concerns of what others will say affect the life choices you make.

Let’s talk and explore together how this is blocking you.

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Boundaries.

  • Are you always the person that everyone relies on?

  • Do you find it difficult to say ‘no’ even if it’s something that is not working for you?

  • Do you find it difficult to trust people and have rigid boundaries in place?

  • Is it hard to know where others needs end and your needs start?

We can explore how the type of boundaries you have may be affecting your self-care and emotional well-being now.

Building healthy relationships.

  • Finding yourself in toxic relationships whether it’s an intimate relationship or with friends and family.?

  • Are co-dependency, unrealistic expectations, bad communication or lack of trust reoccurring problems for you?

Let’s explore and see if it can be better.

Managing Anger.

  • Is it difficult to manage your reactions or does it feel over the top after an incident?

  • Have you learned to suppress your anger and not say anything until it all gets too much and lash out at the wrong person

  • How can you learn to be assertive with your anger or uncomfortable feelings rather than aggressive or avoid them?

Dealing with shame and guilt.

  • Do you spend most of the time feeling like a failure or feel as if you are not good enough?

  • Do you feel guilty and responsible for how other people feel around you?

  • What do you do with these feelings? Avoid, internalise, lash out or withdraw from others?

  • How do these feelings impact on your behaviours and interaction with others.?

  • What expectations do you have from yourself?

We start by identifying the problem and than explore it further.

Healing my inner child

  • Do you find yourself reacting as a child having a tantrum or being submissive to everyone around you?

  • Are you sabotaging yourself, your opportunities or relationships?

  • How can you help heal some of your life’s earlier experiences that are impacting your life today?

Get in touch.