If you are thinking about starting counselling but feeling unsure or a little anxious about what to expect? If so, you are in good company – many people I meet feel the same way at first.
Let me ask you a question. How do you react when you feel sad and how do you cope with it? Long before I trained as a therapist, my response would have been to shut down or distract myself. Suppression felt safer than the vulnerability that came with sadness.