Our Counseling services here at different shades

With many of life's challenges we can sometimes feel alone, burdened or overwhelmed. This can often trigger feelings of stress, anxiety, depression and a need to isolate ourselves or shutdown. With guidance, support and a safe space to explore your thoughts and feelings, we are then able to create space for personal growth. Individual therapy focuses solely on you, allowing for a deeper understanding and time to develop long term coping strategies. Benefits of one to one therapy include:

• Problem solving
• Conflict resolution
• Facilitating lifestyle changes
• Managing symptoms
• Identifying underlying causes of symptoms
• A deeper understanding of yourself
• Empowerment

Often couples can experience individual and relational distress affecting the foundations of their relationship. Lack of communication, misunderstandings and lack of trust can all contribute to the breakdown of communication. Relationship therapy can allow couples to meet with a neutral party, working through foundational goals and learning how to improve interpersonal dynamics.

Benefits of couples therapy include:

• Resolving conflicts
• Restoring trust
• Support through challenging times
• Forming a stronger bond
• Improving communication skills
• Restoring intimacy

Just like any other relationship, friendships play a vital role in our social and emotional well being. Similarly to our personal relationships, we may also experience communication breakdowns due to misunderstandings. These misunderstandings can lead to resentments and lack of stability within the dynamics of the friendship. 

Benefits of friendship therapy include:

• Improving communication skills
• Closer bond
• Restoring trust
• Resolving conflicts
• Setting a roadmap for a healthier and fulfilling friendship

 Relationships between family members can sometimes be complicated. with family therapy the focus is on the set of relationships that make up the family unit. The therapeutic process involves evaluating and treating mental and emotional disorders, evaluating and treating behavioural problems, and addressing relationship issues within the context of the family system.

Benefits of family therapy include: 

• Offering collaboration within the family unit 
• Improving communication within the family structure
• Development of individual coping strategies
• Providing support and treating mental health concerns that impact the family unit

Here at different shades we are now offering online and telephone therapy. This service allows you to start or continue therapy from wherever you may be with the added benefit of therapy sessions from your phone, app or online.