It’s OK to say you’re NOT OK!

Counselling, mental health support, therapy - these words are often met with feeling uncomfortable or ‘not my thing’. It can bring up words like ‘disorder’, ‘illness’, ‘mental issues’ or ‘something is wrong’.

This often leads to viewing support as something that it’s not.

Getting a bit of support from a counsellor does not mean there is something wrong with you. The reality is that EVERYONE experiences struggles at some point in their life, often they may just call it something different - ‘regret’….. ‘a rough patch’….‘feeling really stuck’……’a bad temper’……’down in the dumps’…..’triggered’….’really emotional’….’lonely’…..’heartbroken’……’drinking a bit much’…..‘a bit of a rut’…… ‘not myself’……. ‘a short fuse’….’stressed out’.

This often has impacts on how we act, what we do or don’t do, how we show up for other people.

Ease of Mind Counselling work from the approach that how we think, how we feel and how we behave are all interconnected. Our mind and body play a significant role in this, so keeping it healthy and getting a little help when we’re struggling can promote ease in our thoughts, our emotions and our actions.

This is NOT about reducing the significance of challenges or our experience of them. Some things we cannot change no matter how much we wish we could. We also cannot change other people. Instead, it’s about creating strategies and ways to cope that bring us even just a little closer to feeling, acting and being the way we would like.