What is Counseling?

Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

Headline

Counseling is a process where trained professional guide and support clients in dealing with issues and concerns they are facing in their life.

Depending on your individual circumstances and issues, counseling can help you to:

Enhance self-understanding
Learn how to deal with mental health issues (such as anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression)
Learn to cope more effectively with daily life stressors
Improve relationships with other people
Improve and learn new skills (such as communication, assertiveness, problem solving skills)
Work on personal growth

Simply put, it is a form of talk therapy where you can share and discuss your issues with a trained professional who is listening and helping you deal with them in a way that helps you move forward and live a meaningful life.

Counseling is suitable for people of all ages (children, youth, adults, seniors), cultural backgrounds, and it can be provided in individual, couples, family, and group setting.

Counseling IS:

Process of guiding, supporting, listening
Confidential
Non-judgmental
Person-centered, meaning tailored to individual needs and values of each client
Collaborative relationship between counselor and client
Active participation, meaning client is active participant at every stage of counseling