Services
What can counselling help with?
Counselling can support people across many situations, especially when an issue is affecting the life, relationships, and future they hope for.
Common areas of focus
- Shed new light on a problem, removing blame so we can work towards hoped for outcomes
- Relationship difficulties
- Identity crises
- Grief and loss
- Anxiety and depression
- Trauma
- Parenting and motherhood
- Eating disorders
- Self-esteem
What Ruth can offer
- A warm, caring, and empathic environment to express your feelings
- Unconditional respect and confidentiality
- Attentive listening to understand your issue and desired outcomes
- Respect for your knowledge, perspective, values, and hopes
- Support, understanding, and positive strategies for moving forward
The Way Ruth Works
Ruth specialises in narrative, solution-focused, and collaborative therapy. The work begins with understanding the issue and its wider supports and effects, then evaluating what is wanted in light of this information. We will notice skills, resilience, values, and capabilities that can help you move toward the life you want.
Narrative therapy recognises that people can become stuck in stories about themselves or their problems that are unhelpful. We work to separate the problem from the person and explore those stories with respect, curiosity and hope.
Solution-focused work keeps attention on the change you are hoping for and what may help you get there. Collaborative goals/hopes can be shaped around what you and/or your family value, then translated into realistic next steps.