At some time in their lives, at least one person in six, approximately 16%, in modern industrial countries like the UK or US, will be diagnosed with some type of mental illness; other studies even cite figures as high as 25%. These statistics include a vast spectrum of crippling conditions; depression, eating disorders, phobias, panic attacks, etc. Counselling London can help you with these issues.
More important than these statistics though, are the complex feelings that go on inside people. Are there therapies out there that can truly change feelings? Although there are no certainties, there is probably a mode of counselling that can help?
All of the types of talk therapy, including counselling, share one extremely important element—they permit the victim of mental health issues to openly talk about, and share, their experiences and feelings. Consider it, finally someone else who is willing and able to hear what really going on inside! However, there’s still a problem…
Does your counsellor, or yourself, truly understand the complex feelings that many people experience?
At times, the process of counselling can seem like a murder mystery. During the counselling process the counsellor and you follow the clues that show up in your past; connections that exist between what is happening now, and what has happened to you in the past. Following this analogy, the client takes the role of Sherlock Holmes and the therapist will, like Watson, follow Holmes’ lead, by asking the client to examine the features of his or her life that seem difficult or puzzling. In counselling, there is usually no ‘murder,’ but there will always be mystery; hints, clues, backstories, ‘red herrings,’ sub-plots, all of the classical literary devices. Counselling helps find the path through this maze of suffering and, sometimes, just like a murder mystery, it will not only be difficult, as well as painful and challenging, but it also may be fun!
