Hi, I am Tracy Paine, welcome to my website.
Please feel free to browse and contact me if you feel I may be able to help you using online counselling.
Counselling provides a therapeutic space where you can explore and express emotions and feelings freely. Counselling can help with many issues and many different situations.
Life can be highly enjoyable, but it can also be challenging; just by the sheer need to manage the constant changes that life brings. We are often left unsure how to move forward, what to do next.
As we grow in our lives, we have to adjust to changing needs and expectations and this can be challenging for us. This process of constant change can lead to uncertainty, that can create feelings of anxiety, can affect our mood and levels of motivation.
These day to day challenges, can become even more difficult, when events happen in our lives, that are unexpected; adding further anxiety and uncertainty.
Counselling can help you to look at how you feel about your life and the expectation this brings.
Counselling can help you explore your feelings around events in your life that can feel overwhelming.
Counselling can help you to make sense of your emotions, feelings and thoughts; which can help you to accept things in your life, make peace with the past, or it may help you choose to begin to change things in your life, that you can control.
Counselling is a positive way to take care of yourself, by sharing your challenges and struggles, that are a normal part of living; in a positive, supportive, and non-judgemental relationship.
In this current climate where Covid-19 is leaving us all feeling vulnerable and uncertain; counselling support is something that may be really helpful for many of us, now and afterwards, to deal with the aftermath of this global health emergency.
Counselling can of course be helpful for you, when you are feeling overwhelmed..... and in a crisis. Face to face counselling, in particular, is the better option where you are in crisis and perhaps experiencing significant suicidal thoughts.
However counselling can be helpful in many other ways ...….. counselling can be used as an excellent form of self care, to help manage day to day challenges too.
Just as we need check ups for our physical health, before things get out of hand, we can also benefit from check-ins with a counsellor, for our emotional and psychological health.
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I am often asked this question and the answer is this will depend on you; your expectations and preferences and the issue or need you have identified.
Traditionally counselling is arranged weekly, but I am aware from clients that this is not always what they want; or indeed feel they need.
I usually do not state a specific number of sessions that may be needed, when we start the process, or decide exactly how we will work, as I find this can change.
To support your evaluation, we will review the process together, at the end of each session and consider if you want to continue.
I feel strongly that this needs to be determined by you.
I can facilitate this review, through you evaluating your experience in the sessions and from this, assessing if it is working for you and meeting your needs.
The answer to these questions is that counselling can help you to move forward if you want to.
I cannot make you better........ but I can help you, to help yourself.
I can help to shed some light on what is going on for you and by understanding yourself, you can regain a sense of control.
Counselling aims to empower you; so you can build more self confidence, more resilience and more self awareness and help yourself to feel a little better than you feel right now.
Counselling cannot be done to you or anyone you feel may need it.
It can be a challenging process, so needs to be right for you and that includes, being the right time for you.
We may need counselling, but we also need to feel ready for counselling.
Are you in need and feel ready to explore??
Then please send me a message using the contact me form or email/call me using the information below.
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