Individual Counselling

 

When

 

Sunflower offers face to face counselling between 10am - 8pm week days and on Saturday mornings. Please contact us to arrange an appointment.

 

Where

 

Sunflower Counselling Cardiff uses an office in an old Victorian property in Pontcanna, Cardiff (map). Unfortunately, the building does not provide disabled access.

 

First Session

 

During the first session you can discuss your overall concerns and what you hope to gain from the course of counselling. This helps to keep the work focused and is especially important if you think that you want to work for a shorter period, e.g. six sessions. We want to ensure that you make the most effective use of your time. At the end of the first session you can agree with your counsellor what you hope to achieve and you'll both have a better idea of how many sessions you'd like. Of course there is no commitment to complete these sessions, if you want to stop at any time that is of course your choice.

 

How does Relational Integrative counselling work?

 

We attempt to work in a straight forward manner, keeping mumbo jumbo to a minimum and we can work in a variety of ways to suit your situation. In the sessions, there is no magic, no hocus pocus. We strive to really listen to your story and to understand your position. We listen for patterns in your story and if appropriate offer you an alternative perspective that might enable you to gain a new understanding of your story ... or yourself ... or both. We are particularly interested in your relationships ... to yourself, to those who have helped to shape your personality, those around you, the wider world and our counselling relationship as we work together.

We calls ourselves Relational Integrative Counsellors which means that we blend theory and techniques from the major schools (Humanistic, Psychodynamic & CBT) of psychotherapy. Our integrative approach looks to utilise creative techniques that can help to reveal aspects of your story that is hidden in your subconscious. Additionally meditative techniques can be useful to combat the symptoms of a wide range of issues.

That said, these are your sessions and your journey, so you are always in control of the direction we take and the vehicle we use to get there.

The sessions last a minimum of 50 minutes but typically we work for 1 hour.

You can read customer reviews of the Individual Counselling service below. These are handled by an independent feedback provider Feefo. You can read older testimonials here