Staff in Diversity Matters can help you by looking at problems and issues that surround your life.

Counselling uses various techniques to bring about beneficial changes in a confidential environment.

What does it do?

• Examines negative thought patterns
• Looks how thoughts influence feelings and emotions
• Looks at life history
• Looks at the influence of early relationships on present relationships

Benefits of Counselling:

• Helps to deal with stress
• Looks at more realistic outlooks and goals
• Provides an outlet outside the family
• Can establish better communication and relationships
• Leads to more realistic views
• Brings about understanding of ‘me’

We offer counselling in our premises or we offer home visits for people who find it difficult to get to counselling.

Helen Walker and Dawn Johnston have individual membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

As members of this Association they are bound by its ethical framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

"We endeavour to provide a professional, reliable and approachable service to enhance the lives of people in either a personal or corporate capacity. Our commitment is to provide a holistic service of the highest quality, promoting the well-being of all our clients."