How can I help

Support that makes a difference in helping you as an individual or you and your partner cope with life's unprecedented challenges.

At SMC we offer high standards of professional service.  Once you decide to get in tough, Shirley will ask you a few questions about your counselling needs.   Shirley will then arrange for you to have an assessment session on a day and time that suits you.  

After the assessment I will provide a space where you will feel safe, supported, understood and not judged. I can help you to:

• Manage conflict in the relationship better.
• Understand what the other person is feeling.
• Build a deeper emotional connection.
• Help with separation or divorce.
• Manage feelings around separation and divorce.
• Offer a safe space to talk about your sex life.
• Understand your relationship better
• Develop tools to communicate better.
• Understand cultural differences
• Reduce anxiety
• Improve your depression and low mood
• Be free from guilt and shame
• Achieve a new normal in relation to health issues
• Bereavement
• Deal with stress
• Develop better relationships
• Feel less angry

I also work creatively with clients using art work, sand play and many more creative ways. This type of therapy allows clients who are unable to find the words to express themselves in more creative ways.