It’s OK to say you’re NOT OK!
Mental Health is often viewed as a dirty word. It can bring up words like ‘disorder’, ‘illness’, ‘mental issues’ or ‘something is wrong’.
This often leads to viewing mental health support as something that it’s not.
Getting a bit of support for your mental health does not mean there is something wrong with you. The reality is that EVERYONE experiences mental health struggles at some point in their life, often they may just call it something different - ‘regret’….. ‘a rough patch’….‘feeling really stuck’…….‘a bit of a rut’…… ‘not myself’……. ‘just those issues everyone has.’
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 a little closer to feeling, acting and being the way we would like.
Ease of Mind Counselling view mental health simply as how well we are coping with certain things in our life.
We aim to challenge the stigma of what it means to get support for mental health. We encourage you to think differently about ‘toughing it out’ and view the health of your mind the same as any other part of your body.
Counselling can help you untangle and lighten the load of what you are carrying. No shame, no judgement. We do this in a way that is practical and easy to understand.
Seeking support doesn’t always come easy
Sometimes we face challenges that we feel those around us don’t understand. At times we may be met with feelings of shame, embarrassment or judgement by those around us. We want things to change but instead often suffer in silence.
We acknowledge that taking the first step for support takes huge courage and working with a counsellor might be an uncomfortable and daunting thought.
At Ease of Mind Counselling, we provide a comfortable and trusting place to work through the most difficult of topics, even if you don’t know where to start or what to say.
Our aim is for you to feel heard and understood while working collaboratively to find ways to manage these challenges more positively.
Sometimes life feels tougher than it needs to
Often we experience bumps in the road, sometimes mountains that may seem impossible to pass. It might be a once off challenge or an accumulation before it all becomes too much to cope with. We wonder why things have to feel so hard.
Sometimes the act of talking out a problem with a counsellor is enough to realise what is needed. At times, we may need more support with ideas and strategies to manage. Counselling can help us better understand ourselves, the problems we are facing and ways to manage these differently, with the trust of privacy and confidentiality.
At Ease of Mind Counselling, we are not here to “diagnose”, “treat” or tell you what you should do. Instead, we aim to help you untangle your challenges (no matter how big or small) to find the right coping strategies for you.