Counsellor
I am a counsellor in the Melbourne inner suburbs.
As a counsellor, I see all sorts of people with different things they want to work with. These include:
- anxiety,
- depression,
- family relationships,
- stress,
- anger management,
- work pressures,
- substance abuse,
- past traumas,
- intimate relationships,
...and more. It is very common for people to seek a counsellor for problems like this.
Treatment
My approach with working with nearly all of my clients is in two stages;
1. The counselling stage
In this stage we work with the immediate problems. The aim is:
- to get you stabilised,
- to reduce your symptoms, and,
- to allow you to cope better.
2. The psychotherapy stage
In this stage we start to look at the underlying causes. The aim is;
- to get you back on your feet,
- to give you greater resilience, and,
- to allow you to develop and grow.
In practice, these two stages almost always happen together - we deal with the immediate problems at the same time that we look at their causes. My work is always guided by the needs of my client. The psychotherapy work is usually deeper and more longer term that the counselling work.
For new clients the first session is at no cost or obligation. Check out the details here. I see clients in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond - more location details here.
