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Personal Counselling Service
for Emotional Problems
(Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Anxiety, Codependency, Depression, Eating disorders, Low self-esteem)
If you struggle with any of these problems I can help you to gain a better quality of life.
I use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as a basis for counselling which is evidence-based and agrees with the Biblical principle that how you think affects how you feel and behave: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Prov.23:7.
Scientific research has shown that many emotional and behavioural problems are rooted in unhelpful thinking patterns. This is why they can continue even after salvation if you don't "renew your mind" (Rom:12:2).
The Bible also teaches that the main battleground is the mind. Strongholds of wrong thinking are built up which can be difficult to break down. We are exhorted in scripture to "gird up the loins of our minds" (1 Pet. 1:13), "cast down imaginations and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ" (2 Cor. 10:5). Cognitive behavioural therapy has powerful methods and techniques which are highly effective in challenging and changing unhelpful thinking.
Method
When you change how you think, your feelings and behaviour naturally follow suit. I will work in partnership with you as your counsellor, and help you to identify your negative, automatic thoughts and then to challenge them and change them into healthier, more constructive thoughts which reflect the truth about yourself and your situation.
I will help you to find the strength and motivation to overcome and then make you a relapse prevention plan to ensure you continue in the victory you have gained once our sessions are over.
Credibility
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has been scientifically proven to be one of the most effective approaches in the world today for helping with emotional disorders such as the above mentioned. It is a brief, solution-focused therapy which often gives astounding results in as little as ten sessions. It also tends to have a knock-on effect and you will find you can use it by yourself in other areas of your life as the need arises in the future.
I use CBT as a complementary therapy and am happy to work alongside medical doctors and defer to their medical opinions where appropriate. CBT also works very well as a complementary therapy to any pastoral or spiritual counselling you are receiving.
If you would like more information or would like to see if this method of counselling can help in your situation, please contact me for a FREE initial session.
Confidentiality guaranteed.
" Do not conform any longer
to the pattern of this world,
but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind."
Rom 12:2.