| Each person is engaged in a unique journey through life, in search of his or her own meaning and purpose. The numerous challenges along the way can sometimes leave people feeling distressed and unable to cope; and at other times stuck or at a difficult crossroads. |
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Counselling and psychotherapy offer help for all kinds of emotional problems, such as depression, loss, anxiety and confusion. It often benefits those lacking feelings of self-worth, experiencing difficulties in their relationships and those going through a time of change or transition.
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| Additionally, the therapeutic process helps people who feel stuck and who wish to develop their potential, and those who experience a sense of meaninglessness or who are chronically dissatisfied with their lives. |
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It can also benefit people suffering from eating disorders, sexual problems and certain physical problems for which there are no clear causes.
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| Sometimes people can’t always say what their problem is in so many words; only that there is something they want to change. |
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| Counselling and psychotherapy can also help people come to terms with what can’t be changed. |
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| Counselling or Psychotherapy? |
| This is a subject of great debate. Some would say there is little or no difference. Others would say that counselling is usually short-term, and focused on a specific problem; whereas psychotherapy is often longer-term, addressing the underlying causes of a person's difficulties. |
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