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Counselling
The focus of counselling is to enable
you to clarify the issues about which
you are troubled. This will involve
you in exploring those issues in
private with someone who is trained to
listen and has no other role in your
life.
Through this confidential process, your counsellor will be seeking to enable you to clarify your thoughts and feelings. Counselling is a positive process, which is often associated with times of personal crisis. It may involve talking about painful parts of your life and therefore, you may feel worse before you feel better!
It is also a very effective way of developing personal potential. If we are not the best people to help we will refer you elsewhere or suggest alternatives which may be more appropriate.
Counselling and Psychotherapy can be helpful for a wide range of difficulties such as:
Through this confidential process, your counsellor will be seeking to enable you to clarify your thoughts and feelings. Counselling is a positive process, which is often associated with times of personal crisis. It may involve talking about painful parts of your life and therefore, you may feel worse before you feel better!
It is also a very effective way of developing personal potential. If we are not the best people to help we will refer you elsewhere or suggest alternatives which may be more appropriate.
Counselling and Psychotherapy can be helpful for a wide range of difficulties such as:
- Depression
- Relationship Problems
- Stress
- Anxiety or Panic Attacks
- Low Self-Esteem
- Eating Problems
- Sexual Problems
- Bereavement and Loss
- Trauma Resulting from Accident, Assault or Abuse
For further information on how to find
a counsellor contact us using the
details below.
Related Links
- Counselling Directory
http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/ (Opens in new window) - Knowsley Counselling Agency
http://www.knowsleycounsellingagency.com/ (Opens in new window) - Victim Support
http://www.victimsupport.org/ (Opens in new window)
Who to Contact
Out of Hours Team (normal working hours)
Telephone: 0151 443 3438
Email: counselling.services@knowsley.gov.uk
Telephone: 0151 443 3438
Email: counselling.services@knowsley.gov.uk



