Many people feel stuck, confused, depressed or anxious at different times in their lives. Bereavement, difficulties in relationships, or problems about identity can often seem overwhelming. Emotional distress may also be expressed in different ways – for example, through addictions, phobias, eating disorders and self-harm, panic attacks or deep depression.
In a confidential therapeutic relationship psychotherapy can help explore these different experiences, how they might have come about and how new possibilities for change might be opened up. Within such a relationship, it is possible to explore the ways in which we see ourselves in the world, the assumptions and expectations we hold, our relationship to others, the demands we feel placed upon us, and how we can imagine things might be different.