Online grounded counselling for men is about understanding feelings; by focusing on our emotions and thoughts, we realise what actions are needed to help us enjoy our lives.
Some mental health issues and terms have passed into our everyday language. For example, look at the physical and psychological symptoms used to diagnose depression. However, depression affects everyone in different ways; that’s why I will always ask what you mean.
Whether it is a GP’s diagnosis or a self-diagnosis from Google, labels can be helpful as a starting point for our discussions. We will work together to go beyond the labels. We will work out what the label means to you and how that label affects you and those you care about.
However, we will get nowhere in counselling if we only focus on labels. Nor will we get very far if we keep asking ‘why?’ if we do, we keep going around increasingly frustrating circles. Instead, I work with you to understand the other key questions: who, what, when, where and how; objective questions give us something to work with.
