Counselling is a safe environment where you can deal with many issues. Most people don’t know what it is that triggers the emotional roller coaster they go on. However, through talking through your problems with a professional whose trained to hear the inconsistencies of your life script often irrational beliefs and fears are identified

As human beings we all want to be loved, accepted and belong. If these needs are not being met, we put on protective behaviours and coping mechanisms to prevent us from feeling the hurt and the isolation of those core issues.Counselling helps one to identify past hurts and how they play into our present and future beliefs.  By identifying our unconscious decisions and seeing how those decisions sabotage our lives, gives the individual enough motivation to want to break free of the past, either consciously or unconsciously.

This can be achieved through a variety of therapies. For those whose coping mechanism is intellectualization sometimes the best course of action is to use creative therapy and allow the subconscious to talk rather than spending an hour debating. For others, a cognitive behavior therapy is required to help replace irrational belief and thoughts with truth.

As counselors we are unbiased and our goal is to help assist you in living the life you dream of.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 “If I go to marriage counselling, whose side is the counsellor on?”

Neither. The marriage is the client, not the individuals. “As long as you leave equally unhappy, then counselling has been successful” because each of you will play into the dynamics of the conflict. The counsellor will point out the road blocks you’ve used by each to prevent deep and meaningful communication and conflict resolution.

“My friends tell me I should speak to a counsellor but it just seems that it will bring up the pain all over again”

Sometimes the only way forward is through the pain, however the counsellor will be very aware to address the issues at the right time and you as the client are in charge of the session and you may choose to address other issues instead.

“I want to talk to someone but I don’t want anyone else to know that I’m going to a counsellor. How do I know that my privacy will be respected?”

We’re all professionals and abide by a code of conduct. If your counsellor sees you in any other setting other than as a counsellor she/he will not behave or speak in a way that informs others of your relationship. All information you give Life Bridge is dealt with confidentially and all paperwork is kept in locked files in locked rooms.