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Online counselling

Click on home or email the counsellor for more information on participation in online counselling.

Why Should you try online counselling?

Many people with problems find online counselling helpful around the world. Like other clients you could experience less inhibition and embarrassment in sharing your story with the online counselor. Clients feel less vulnerable to the stigma attached to seeing a shrink.

Online counselling also has the following benefits for you:

You could remain anonymous with online counselling.

Online counselling is affordable. Using this service could save you money and time.

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Online counselling is convenient (a schedule that suits your needs).

You may want a little distance in any sort of counselling relationship.

You could live in a remote area where therapists / counsellors are not accessible.

You are thinking about entering traditional person to person counselling, but want to get a sense of what if might be like.

With online counselling you could prepare answers to the counsellor's questions in your own time.

With online counselling you could retain a written record of insights as they emerge during counselling by using e-mail.

The following issues are usually communicated in online counselling:

• Self improvement.
• Goal setting.
• Self esteem and self image.
• Anxiety or stress.
• Depression.
• Relationship difficulties.
• Dealing with a loss or struggling through a life transition.
• Problems in communicating.
• Personal problems.
• Marriage and family problems.
• Post-breakup problems. Experiences in the past or present ( If you find limitations in the way the past / the present / others shaped you, online counselling could work for you).