Reviews
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I hope these reviews give you an understanding of how helpful counselling can be and an idea of what ordinary everyday people seek counselling for.
I hope these reviews give you an understanding of how helpful counselling can be and an idea of what ordinary everyday people seek counselling for.
Alec's Story
“It is often said that men can't show their emotions, and I am proof of that as I couldn't show emotion outwardly. I had been conditioned not to show or even acknowledge my emotions. Now it's different. Sandra helped me with low self-confidence, grief, becoming a dad and recognising and feeling emotions that I had spent years shutting down.
There were small voices in my head that told me I wasn't good enough. They would ask ‘Who do you think you are?’, ‘Do you even know yourself?’.
I used to get angry at small things and I was easily frustrated, but ask me to feel an emotion such as hurt, and I couldn't.
I had created a protective shield that stopped the bad getting in, but it also stopped the good getting in too!
With Sandra's guidance, I started to understand why I had been conditioned this way, and I also learned how to release the self-imposed handcuffs I'd placed on myself.
Before working with Sandra I thought paying someone to help with my problems was ludicrous: they were mine! How could someone else help?
Having my son was the critical tipping point. I knew that to be a good role model, I needed to work on myself.
I am a ‘results driven’ person, and because of this, I began to see and feel how the sessions were positively helping me.
If I had known how much positive change could come from working with Sandra, I would have started years ago.”
“It is often said that men can't show their emotions, and I am proof of that as I couldn't show emotion outwardly. I had been conditioned not to show or even acknowledge my emotions. Now it's different. Sandra helped me with low self-confidence, grief, becoming a dad and recognising and feeling emotions that I had spent years shutting down.
There were small voices in my head that told me I wasn't good enough. They would ask ‘Who do you think you are?’, ‘Do you even know yourself?’.
I used to get angry at small things and I was easily frustrated, but ask me to feel an emotion such as hurt, and I couldn't.
I had created a protective shield that stopped the bad getting in, but it also stopped the good getting in too!
With Sandra's guidance, I started to understand why I had been conditioned this way, and I also learned how to release the self-imposed handcuffs I'd placed on myself.
Before working with Sandra I thought paying someone to help with my problems was ludicrous: they were mine! How could someone else help?
Having my son was the critical tipping point. I knew that to be a good role model, I needed to work on myself.
I am a ‘results driven’ person, and because of this, I began to see and feel how the sessions were positively helping me.
If I had known how much positive change could come from working with Sandra, I would have started years ago.”
Let's smash the stigma about mental health and counselling!