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Counselling & Emotional Wellbeing

What is counsellling, and what you can expect from us.

Counselling is a talking therapy and most people seek it because they are experiencing unhappiness and want to change the way they are thinking, feeling or behaving.

It can sometimes mean talking about things that have happened in the past, or are happening now.  Sometimes students feel that they only need a few sessions to feel better.  To work ethically counsellors are committed to getting a client's life and studies back on track.

Counselling aims to:

  • Listen to what you are saying. Accept you, and respect your thoughts and feelings without judging
  • Encourage you to focus on yourself and not other people
  • Offer you a safe space to express your emotions
  • Support you in gaining a deeper understanding of yourself
  • Work alongside you in developing answers, and ways of overcoming your difficulties
  • Help you understand and manage your feelings and thoughts
  • Offer techniques to help overcome stress and anxiety

We will not:

  • Tell you what to do
  • Judge you
  • Talk about you to anyone else without your permission (unless in exceptional circumstances – e.g. We felt there was the possibility of serious risk of harm to yourself or someone else)
  • Have a relationship with you other than the counselling one