Counselling offers space and time that is yours alone, to talk and be heard with concern and understanding. It is an opportunity to explore any patterns of behaviour, relationships, feelings, or thoughts which trouble you and cause difficulty in your life. My role is to be present with you in your exploration, to listen and respond, to support you and challenge you. I help people struggling with addiction, relationship difficulties, depression and anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and workplace issues. I help couples. When a primary relationship is troubled it is often because it no longer enables both partners to get some very important human needs met-to be accepted, respected, trusted, and loved. Unmet, such needs generate patterns of distance or conflict. Emotionally Focused Therapy helps couples to experience, accept, and begin to communicate these needs to their partner in ways that can powerfully transform relationship. more... See more text