Family Life Centre

WHAT IS COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY?

Counselling and psychotherapy is for anybody. Sometimes life can be difficult for us, it can be unmanageable and challenging. Counselling can be a great support or resource at times of crisis or difficulty in our lives. It involves meeting with a trained professional therapist in a safe, confidential setting allowing you to talk about and explore life’s challenges in a non-judgemental space.
Counselling deals with more immediate or crisis issues e.g. relationship break-up, bereavement, stress or work issues. Psychotherapy looks at deeper more long-term issues that may have their roots in our past, (e.g. abuse issues, trauma in childhood) which are affecting our present life.
Frequently counselling and psychotherapy overlap and are used interchangeably.
With the therapist you can explore and discover more resourceful ways of managing your life. The relationship is one of respect and non-judgement between you and the therapist and meetings usually last 50 minutes to one hour.

COUNSELLING & THERAPY SERVICES AT THE CENTRE

Counselling and Psychotherapy for Individuals
This involves working with a professional therapist who offers you a confidential, impartial and safe place to explore whatever specific issues you present with. We offer shorter issue focused counselling and long term therapy.

Couple Counselling
This service is for couples who present with difficulties and want to explore issues such as communication, dealing with differences, stress and sexual issues. The therapist holds the couple equally, listens to both parties and helps the couple to listen to each other with a hope to finding a resolution.

Family Therapy
Family therapy works with families to generate the possibility of change. The family or members of a family may face challenges such as children's behaviour, adolescent difficulties, withdrawal, traumatic loss, separation, bullying at school or among peers, school refusing to allow children attend, coping with parental addiction etc. The family therapist works with the family to find creative and healing ways to address and improve the families’ quality of life. It can include play, facilitated discussion allowing all members to hear each other and occasionally individual sessions.

Art Therapy
Art Therapy is an opportunity to explore yourself and your emotions through the use of art materials with a therapist qualified in this medium. It is a form of therapy that uses images and words that suits the needs of the client. You do not have to be ‘good at art’ to engage in this form of counselling/therapy and it is relevant to all ages.

Therapeutic Support for Families
We support families through a range of programmes and interventions including Parenting Support, Art Therapy, Rainbows, Childsplay and After School Club.

Group Work
We offer therapy groups and group work that incorporates CBT and life skills.