Help With Issues or Concerns

There are many reasons that may prompt you to seek help. The more common of these issues or concerns are described below.

Life Stages or Transitions

Life Stages or Transitions

Reduce your distress to your life stage and experience a smooth transition.


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Life Stages or Transitions

Symptoms

  • You may be wanting to leave home but are stuck, afraid or lack the confidence.

  • You may be thinking about getting married, but afraid to make the wrong choice or to make a commitment.

  • You may be wanting to start a family, but have concerns about what sort of parent you may be or how you will cope.

  • You may be a new parent and are having difficulty adjusting to this role.

  • You may feel like you are going through a mid-life crises where nothing feels right any-more and you are wondering what you have done with your life.

  • You may be going through menopause, which may bring body symptoms and a sense of loss.

  • Your children may have left home and you have lost your role and the house is empty.

  • You may be caring for aging parents, therefore confronting your own mortality.

  • You may have relocated states or country and feel lonely and lost.

  • You may be feeling stressed, anxious, sad, confused or bad about yourself.

  • You may be having trouble sleeping, have a change of appetite or be experiencing body symptoms or pain.

Remedies

  • With some exploration of your situation, events and family, it is possible to understand the cause of your distress or confusion which may change how you perceive your situation.
  • With some therapeutic counselling, it is possible to put what is happening to you in the context of your life stage and age, therefore bring your more acceptance and inner peace.
  • It is possible to learn to relax your body and mind with techniques like progressive muscle relaxation.
  • Utilising mindfulness, you can learn to be an observer of your thoughts, feelings and sensations without being disturbed by them.
  • Using a technique called focusing, first with the therapist and then on your own, you can learn to stay present to your body symptoms, which allows them to shift, change and bring relief.
  • It is possible to use techniques like tapping, TFT, EFT with the therapist as well as on your own to soothe, calm and settle your distress.
  • Utilising modalities like sand play therapy, art and expressive therapy, symbol work, working with parts and dream work it is possible to rework and transform your thoughts, feelings, behaviours and body sensations in relation to your situation.
  • With the use of hypnotherapy it is possible to access the unconscious mind to develop inner resources and coping capacities, as well as changing undesirable pattern s and habits.
  • Developing and engaging in a process of therapeutic ritual may allow for a more graceful transition into the next chapter of your life.
  • We may engage with traditional, modern or personal myth, metaphor and story, where it is possible to reconnect to denied or lost parts of self, gain more self awareness and be inspired in hope, strength and resilience.

With some exploration of your situation as well as utilising a variety of therapeutic modalities, it is possible to go through your life transition with reduced distress and reconnect to enjoyment and fulfilment of life.

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