More about Counselling and Therapy


Clearly Define the Person You Want to Be....


Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be?

What are your personal ideals?

Whom do you admire?

What are their special traits that you would make your own?


It's time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.

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Epictetus

"The Art of Living"

(circa 55-135 CE)

Roman Philosopher

Integrated Life Counselling comprises a person centered approach to therapy that considers all aspects of a person’s life in establishing:


  • The nature of the problem or experience that brings the person into therapy / counselling / life guidance.
  • A client informed process that will guide both counsellor and client through therapy.
  • How to experience life in a less anxious way, to facilitate meaning, and allow for emotional growth, adaptive coping mechanisms, and healthy decision making skills.


The relationship between therapist and client forms the foundation upon which the therapeutic relationship is built. It is founded in the principals of empathic understanding, unconditional positive regard, connection, and congruence.


My task as therapist is to help empower you and nurture self-awareness, to be able to identify and remove  obstacles preventing you from achieving growth, thus facilitating quality of life.

It allows for the premise that each person holds the answers to his or her own problems and difficulties, but is struggling to identify and implement them in a meaningful manner due to events, outside pressures, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and/or substance abuse.

With the guidance of the counsellor the client determines the direction of counselling through a process of willing disclosure, self examination, identifying faulty perceptions and finding rational options in determining how to act on the problems experienced.

It is an uncluttered look at what formulates client views, how these views inform client decision making and how it influences their interaction with people around them.

Person centered integrated counselling emphasises a commitment of honesty and realness from the therapist towards the client. The client and therapist become “fellow travellers”, setting goals and working towards achieving them together. The client determines the pace, duration and termination of the therapeutic process based on his or her needs at any particular moment during the relationship.

The recovery and growth process of the client is encouraged to extend to six integrated dimensions of daily living:

Physical Wellbeing
Mental Health
Emotional Wellbeing
Existential / Spiritual Fulfilment 
Social Connectedness
Structural and Vocational Balance

Clients may be provided with weekly and longer term goals as agreed upon between the counsellor and counsellee.