Jane Jiggens (MBACP, MNCS Accred., FD(Open) - Willowside Counselling

Do you feel disconnected from yourself, others and the world?  If so, has your 'emotional suitcase' now become too heavy to lift?

If it has, life may feel something like this:

• Overwhelming
• Relationships have become strained or are breaking down
• It has become difficult to voice what you need
• You feel depressed, anxious or your self-esteem feels low
• You feel like you have lost your way

Sometimes communication within our relationships breaks down, which creates conflict, distance and pain.  Our worries may seem jumbled up or like they are growing bigger and unmanageable by the day.  It can, therefore, become very difficult to make sense of ourselves, others, our emotions and even our lives.

So, you may need some help to:

• Unpack that case
• Sort through the contents
• Find clarity

As human beings relationships can be really important to us.  As infants we are born to attach and to belong in order to survive and develop.  Human beings have relationships with everything and everyone, including ourselves and relationships can bring us much happiness and fulfilment.  However, when they go wrong, or we lose someone, we can feel incredibly anxious, sad and may feel like everything is just falling apart.  We may turn our pain inwards to ourselves or outwards to the world. 

Sometimes it may be very difficult to talk to family and friends about this, for fear of judgement or being a burden, or maybe we just don't want to.

If any of this resonates with you, then you are in the right place…….

So what is counselling?

It is your time to work through what may be keeping you stuck, so that you can then move forward in the way you want to.  It is a place where we learn about ourselves and others around us.  In our busy lives we may not have the time to think or to process anything, we may be rushing from one thing to another.  Maybe we have a demanding family or job or maybe we just need a trained therapist to be with us becuase things feel difficult to face alone.  In counselling you will have this space, free from interruptions, to focus on you.  It’s your time for self care.

So, if you have decided that counselling is something that you would like to try, you may be feeling anxious about opening up to someone you don’t know.  This is a big first step and if you haven’t had any counselling before it may feel really difficult.  So, apart from looking for a counsellor who holds the right qualifications, it is important that you feel comfortable with them.

If you would like to read more about me, please head over to www.willowsidecounselling.co.uk, or give me a call and I will answer any questions you may have.

Jane