Individual Counselling
A space for you to talk in confidence and better understand your situation.
David’s partner was away a lot, and when alone, troubling thoughts would arise and cause David to feel angry towards himself. This is turn caused him to drink more.
While David said that he was a caring and empathetic person, he was unable to treat himself with the same kindness he offered to others. We found that David was heavily self-critical and required an approach that challenged him to be more compassionate towards himself.
We worked with David using transactional analysis — a type of therapy that assumes people develop ways of thinking that lead to repeated patterns of behaviour, which can have a huge impact on emotional wellbeing. In David’s case, he was stuck wanting approval and validation, which he believed required him to hide his wants and needs.
After a number of sessions, David was able to recognise how his current thoughts and behaviours had developed as a result of his childhood experiences. He began to let his guard down and started communicating better with his partner. This in turn helped him reduce his alcohol consumption.
