Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Both stress and anxiety are emotional responses.
Stress is typically caused by external triggers – such as a fight with a loved one or experiencing bullying at work.
However, anxiety is a persistent and excessive worry. It does not go away even in the absence of a stressor.
Depression is more than just sadness. A person with depression may experience a lack of interest in daily activities, inability to concentrate, feelings of worthlessness and sometimes recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
A person undergoing stress, anxiety or depression may also experience mental and physical symptoms like irritability, anger, fatigue, digestive troubles and difficulty sleeping.
Learn more about how we approach anxiety counselling
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
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Trauma and PTSD
Trauma is an emotional response to events like accidents, violence, or natural disasters.
Trauma can also be triggered by non-life-threatening situations like interpersonal abuse, workplace bullying and harassment.
Feelings of shock and denial are typical after the event. Longer-term reactions can include unpredictable emotions and symptoms like headaches or nausea.
Similarly, a person with PTSD may relive the event via intrusive memories, flashbacks and may avoid anything that reminds them of the trauma.
A person may also have difficulty with moving on with their life.
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
Couples Counselling/ Relationship Counselling
Couples therapy is where both partners in a relationship are treated at the same time.
Couples therapy focuses on problems within and between individuals that affect the relationship.
For example, one partner may have depression that is affecting the relationship - or both partners may have trouble communicating effectively with one another.
Individual sessions may be provided separately to each partner, particularly at the beginning of couples therapy. However, in the longer term, therapy is normally provided to both partners together.
Learn more about how we approach relationship counselling
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
Gender, Sexuality and LGBTQI+ Support
A person who identifies as LGBTQI+ is more likely to experience discrimination, marginalisation, and the threat of, and actual violence compared to their heterosexual counterparts.
Discrimination can also be more subtle (e.g. using the word ‘gay’ as a derogatory term). However, this is no less harmful as it can reinforce feelings of difference.
This can result in shame, avoidant behaviours – such as withdrawal from social interactions – and retaliative anger.
The person may also become more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, substance dependence and suicidal thoughts.
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
Support for New Migrants and Expats
New migrants and ex-pats may experience feelings of loss, culture shock, separation from the family, and language difficulties – all of which can contribute to distress.
Other feelings can include loneliness, confusion, and anxiety as a result of experiencing cultural change. For example, a student studying at a foreign university may experience culture shock. A businessperson traveling overseas may also experience the same.
Feelings of belongingness or the feeling of being accepted by the group or society as a whole are important.
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
Support for Vegans and Animal Welfare Advocates
Similar to other groups which may encounter marginalisation, vegans can experience negative emotional reactions, negative stereotypes, and various forms of discrimination in relation to their beliefs, practices, and lifestyles.
Vegaphobia is a term describing an aversion to, or dislike of, vegetarians/ vegans. The term first appeared in the 2010s, coinciding with the somewhat rapid rise of veganism.
Several studies have also found an incidence of vegaphobic sentiments in the general population, particularly among Western societies where omnivore practices tend to be the norm.
Learn more about how we approach support for animal advocates and veterinarians
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
Grief and Loss - Family and Pets
The loss of a loved one – a family member, friend or beloved pet – can create fear, anxiety and guilt.
Separation, disability, and the loss of personal safety or predictability can also cause grief.
People may cope with grief and loss in different ways. The intensity and duration of the grieving process can differ between individuals. The nature of a person’s attachment can also impact their grief reactions.
Therapy can help a person come to terms with the loss, build resilience and develop coping strategies.
Learn more about how we approach pet loss and grief
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
Workplace and Career Support / Executive Coaching
Workplace issues can challenge a person at both an emotional and practical level. Issues in the workplace and home can also often interact with, and impact one another (e.g., problems at home can affect confidence at work, and vice versa).
Areas we work with include - stress and anxiety, feeling unmotivated or unfulfilled, stuck in a career rut, and wanting to improve confidence and leadership effectiveness, among others.
We support both individuals and a broad range of organisations. particularly those who operate within the sustainability, cruelty-free, and diversity sectors.
Learn more about how we approach Executive Coaching
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
Support for Neurodiverse Individuals
and Couples
Neurodiversity-related challenges can deeply affect individuals emotionally and practically. These issues, whether at home or in a professional setting, frequently intertwine, influencing each other significantly.
We provide specialised support to neurodiverse individuals and couples, including people who have been diagnosed or remain undiagnosied with ADHD and Autism. Our therapists work with adolescent, teens and adults who are struggling with self-esteem, social challenges, communication, stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. We also provide coaching to a diverse array of organizations, with a particular focus on those operating in the spheres of neurodiversity advocacy, inclusion, and diversity.
Our therapists who offer support for this include:
