Counselling
Why have Counselling?
There are many different reasons why people seek counselling and sometimes it can be difficult to ask for help when we need it the most.
If you are feeling anxious or 'lost', sharing your concerns and talking things through with someone who can listen and really hear you can leave you feeling less alone.
If you are experiencing prolonged sadness, intense or overwhelming feelings, low mood, or a lack of energy and motivation, talking to a counsellor can help you to process and understand your experiences.
You can use the counselling space to understand yourself better and find new ways of coping that leave you feeling less 'stuck' and more empowered.
Counselling can help to alleviate your distress and support you to feel less pressured and less self-critical.
It is usually what we think and feel about ourselves that is most destructive for us.
If you feel conflicted and that life is getting on top of you, taking some time out to talk to a counsellor, in confidence, can help you to find some breathing space, greater clarity, and improved emotional and physical well-being.
How does Counselling work?
If you prefer, we can keep our work short-term and specifically focused on your present experiences, strengthening your resources to help you to manage day-to-day living more effectively.
You may wish to use counselling to explore in more depth, gaining further insight into how and why past experiences may still be impacting upon you now.
My approach allows you to express your thoughts and feelings in a safe and non-judgemental environment and this can be an empowering and life-changing process
The way that I work offers you the opportunity to use counselling in the way that suits you best. How we decide to work together will be based upon your needs and what you wish to gain from sessions.
Counselling gives you the opportunity to become more self-aware. You can create more choices for yourself and increase your sense of autonomy, self confidence and quality of relationships.
Client testimonial -
''Sharon is simply an excellent counsellor. She possess all the key skills and knows how to apply them sensitively, appropriately, and most of all, effectively''
- Please see my 'Testimonials' page to read more client experiences of counselling.
Are you ready for change?
Since qualifying in 2006, I have worked with people of all ages seeking support for many different reasons.
It can be tempting to try to ignore how we really feel but dismissing our own experience can often leave us feeling much worse.
We are all human and struggle at times.
Some of the many issues I have helped people with are; Bereavement, loss, depression, anxiety, stress, complicated grief, bereavement by suicide, relationship issues, anger, long-term health issues, feelings of guilt or shame, abuse, domestic abuse, trauma, redundancy, low self-esteem, work-place issues and coping with change…
Engaging in the process of counselling is an invitation for you to improve your quality of life.
You have now already taken the first courageous step towards positive change...
...Take a look through the rest of my website to find out more about how I work and what I can offer you...
...I welcome your enquiry when you feel ready to take the next step.
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Sharon Nicholson Registered MBACP, Accred. Established private practice, 2007, counselling in Dorchester and counselling in Weymouth, Dorset for over 10 years.
"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know" - Pema Chödrön