About Counselling

Information about what counselling involves and how it works in practice. Articles explain counselling basics, common misconceptions, different approaches, and when counselling might help.

Are You a Suitable Case for Counselling?

See if counselling could help you work through life's difficulties and move forward with support.

Becoming a counsellor: A Guide

You can move into counselling at any stage of your life, but you'll need the right qualifications and personal traits to succeed.

The Difference Between Counselling and Psychotherapy

Counselling handles short-term behaviour issues while psychotherapy provides longer-term emotional treatment, though the roles often overlap in practice.

The Facts About Marriage Counselling

Marriage counselling is tailored to each couple's needs, and success depends on being honest with your counsellor about what's really going on.

The Five Stages of Dealing with Issues

Work through five stages of dealing with grief, trauma and conflict to reach acceptance and move forward in your life.

The Importance of Self-Counselling

How self-counselling helps you understand your own behaviour and handle everyday situations better at your own pace.

The Merits of Co-counselling

How co-counselling with supportive friends helps you work through limiting patterns and become more self-aware and confident.

The Myths About Counselling

Counselling isn't just for people with serious mental illness, it helps everyday people work through stress and life problems with a neutral professional.

The Relationship Between the Counsellor and the Client

How trust and confidentiality shape the counsellor-client relationship and why it matters for effective therapy.

What Counselling Is Not

Counselling isn't what you think it is—here's what it actually involves and what it isn't.

What Is Counselling?

Counselling helps you work through personal issues and regain confidence by talking through your feelings with a trained, impartial professional.