Counselling for mental Health issues

Simon helps people with a broad range of mental health and wellbeing issues and works with adults, children and adolescents.  He has specialist mental health expertise and a breadth of experience in assessing and working effectively with people experiencing:

• Depression and other mood disorders
• Anxiety disorders
• Adjustment disorders
• Relationship and marriage problems (conflict, separation/divorce and co-parenting)
• Anger management
• Trauma
• Grief and Loss
• Stress management.

Simon helps individuals experiencing mental health disorders to improve their quality of life using a range of evidence-based interventions and focussed psychological strategies such as:

- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

- Relaxation strategies (mindfullness therapies)

- Skills training (problem solving, social skills, parenting skills, anger management, communication skills, stress management)

- Interpersonal therapy

- Psychoeducation including motivational interviewing

- Narrative therapy.

Simon understands the complexities of mental health and the impact on relationships. He is highly experienced in working with partners and family members who may be supporting their family member with their mental health through couple and family therapy.