Who is counselling for?
Chelmsford Counselling Foundation offers a confidential counselling service to individuals and couples aged 18 and over living in the Chelmsford and the wider Essex area. People from all backgrounds and areas of the cmmunity may find counselling helpful at particular times in their life.
Why do people seek counselling?
People seek counselling for many different reasons. They may be experiencing feelingfs of depression, isolation, anxiety or low self-esteem that keep them stuck in an uncomfortable place. They may be facing a life-changing event, struggling with relationships, grief or anger, or feel unable to cope with the pressures and challenges of life. Some may be confused as to why they react as they do to people or events, while for others it may be memories of the past, painful occurences in the present or worries about the future that prevent them from enjoying life as they would wish.
How can counselling help?
Counselling offers a confidential, supportive service and the opportunity for change. It provides a safe space to explore thoughts and feelings with someone who is trained to listen in a non-directive way and to facilitate an individual’s own resources for change and the resolution of difficulties.
Counselling services
Psychodynamic counselling aims to assist people to understand how past experiences and current behaviour may be connected, and allows space to explore feelings and thoughts about ourselves as individuals and how we relate to others. Counselling offers a confidential, safe and supportive service and the opportunity for change.
Individual Counselling
Regular sessions of 50 minutes are arranged, once weekly. Counselling may be short-term or may extend over a longer period of time, depending on circumstances. We offer an initial, 50 minute assessment session with one of our experienced counsellors, which gives us the chance to understand what you would like from counselling and for you to get a better idea of what we offer, and whether or not that is for you. Following that session, we may offer a limited number of sessions as a chance for you and your counsellor to meet and see how the psychodynamic counselling approach suits you, or we may be able to offer you a more open-ended counselling slot.
Relationship Counselling
There are problematic issues that arise in most relationships at one time or another, and for some, these issues can escalate to a point where they endanger the relationship. Difficulties with communication, intimacy, jealousy, raising children, life changes, illness and bereavement can all bring additional stress to relationships, and sometimes it can feel impossible for a couple to resolve these without help. Psychodynamic counselling aims to help couples look at their relationship and at how they relate to each other, to think about how past experiences may be contributing to current difficulties and to look at the wider impact of outside influences. Relationship counselling allows space for the exploration of feelings and thoughts and offers the opportunity for a couple to improve communication and understand each other better.
Relationship counselling is not just for couples: it can also be very helpful in other types of relationship, such as with a parent or sibling.
Regular once-weekly 50 minute couples counselling sessions are arranged with an experienced relationship counsellor. Both partners must be willing to come for counselling together and couples counselling sessions are only held with both partners present.