Counselling

Reea specialises in;

Relationships, anxiety,  depression, childhood trauma, CPTSD, divorce & separation, narcissistic abuse, step-parenting, grief & loss, life transitions and careers

I believe in educating my clients, giving them the knowledge they need to make better choices and the tools and strategies they can use to make changes. I also believe in helping them find the authentic voice of Wisdom inside themselves that often gets drowned out by life. 

Counselling is traditionally talk therapy but before you pass that off as being insignificant let me point out a couple of well researched things about talking.  

Firstly, verbal thought is very different to other types of thinking so that when you talk out loud you are doing something very different than when you are thinking inside your head.  

Secondly, there is much personal insight to be gained from verbally giving your autobiography in a linear way to someone who doesn't know you.  Pieces of the puzzle fall into place and often lightbulb moments come as a result of doing just that.  

Add to this that counsellors unlike your friends and loved ones are trained listeners, do not need you to feel good so they can feel comfortable (which is the case with those close to you) and they genuinely want to help you find a better way forward.  Counsellors are trained to listen, spot anomalies and faulty perceptions and the ways you are keeping yourself stuck and limiting your options. 

Sometimes,  just the act of venting in a safe space brings relief.  You can say things to your therapist that would cause a storm or sound hurtful in your living room.  Humans are biologically attuned to managing and regulating our emotions through social interaction but it's often hard to find someone who can truly really listen without their own agenda getting in the way or interrupting the flow by offering well meaning 'fixes'.   There's a big differnce between talking to someone who has the capacity for guenuine empathy and someone who has no empathy or cold empathy or is just waiting for you to finish speaking so they can talk about themselves.

As a Spiritual Counsellor,  I also have years of spiritual seeking and metaphysical  study that have given me a perspective on life that may be seen as broader than your average counsellor.  Nothing you say to me is further down the rabbit hole when it comes to spiritual beliefs than I have at some time delved.  People who have spiritual beliefs can also trip themselves up by operating out of magical thinking or using a phenomenon known as 'spiritual bypass' to self sabotage.  

Research into counselling and therapy shows time and again that the most important factor is your relationship with your therapist. It's important that you do your due diligence and make sure you choose a counsellor or therapist that you feel comfortable with and who gets you.