Well Mind Solutions

Counselling in Sunderland and Durham

This page has been setup to promote Counselling and it's attributes to the individual, hopefully promote the normality of fluctuating mental health and provide a point of reference for an individual to seek help or personal development.

What is Counselling and who is it for?

Counselling and the individual.

There are no specific 'types' of person that present needing counselling support. Counselling is usually sought when it is the only option available in order to cope or come to terms with a situation or personal issue. It can sometimes be hard to pinpoint why you may feel the way you do and counselling is there to help unravel the unsurity and help you make sense.

Many people can find counselling a difficult step yet probably the most rewarding one of their lives.

Counselling can be an exploration into the self that no other form of help or support can fulfil in quite the same way. Counselling can be a challenging process at a difficult time, yet counselling can also be enlivening and freeing for those willing to explore themselves.

Humanistic Counselling:

The term Humanistic in counselling really means 'A study of the whole person' which in turn means that, the whole is greater than just the sum of its parts but all are equally important.

Gestalt Counselling:

(Gestalt is a German word for whole, or configuration)

Gestalt Counselling works with what is in the 'Now' of the client, focusing what is affecting the client’s well-being and stifling the everyday function of that individual.

Gestalt works with every possible influence that comes into contact with the person (Phenomenology or world), including a very important part of the counselling process which is the relationship with the counsellor. Therefore each session is completely different to the next, dynamic, focused and individual to each client.

This form of therapy is seen as an un-scripted form of free-flowing therapy, which is organic and unique to each person.

Many people seeking counselling services find this area of therapy gets to the core of the problem quickly and deals with their issues very effectively in a client guided way.