Anger is an emotion that we all experience. It can be a healthy emotion, signalling that you don't feel in control and motivating you to take action when you experience an injustice. However, anger that is not controlled can be very damaging. It can be the cause of various problems at work; in your relationships and the way you live your life.

Duncan takes an individual approach to anger management that is designed to help you understand the function of your anger. He explores the triggers that keep anger alive, and strategies that will enable you to be in control of your anger instead of it controlling you.

His wealth of personal and professional experience means he is able to take you through this process with empathy, helping you to understand why anger plays a significant role in your life, and how, when utilised healthily, it can benefit the world around you.

Individual therapy focused on anger management can help you to:

• Identify and understand the specific thoughts, feelings and behaviours that can increase your anger and lead to aggression.

• Learn and use effective coping strategies to prevent or reduce inappropriate anger or aggressive behaviour.

• Learn to be able to think and act more positively.

• Discover how to respond differently so you can have satisfying and fulfilling relationships.

Grief is a natural response to loss. It’s the emotional suffering you feel when something or someone you love is taken away. It reminds us that our loss is important and must be acknowledged in our own unique way.

You may associate grief with the death of a loved one, and this type of loss does often cause the most intense grief. But any loss can cause grief, including:

• A relationship breakup

• Loss of health

• Losing a job

• Loss of financial stability

• A miscarriage

• Death of a pet

• Loss of a cherished dream

• A loved one’s serious illness

• Loss of a friendship

• Loss of safety after a trauma

Grief and bereavement is a very individual experience, and refuses to conform to a particular pattern or length of time. Over time people can find that grief dissipates and they are able to get on with their life. However, there are times when we find ourselves stuck in our grief, unable to move on and function in our normal ways.

Through grief and loss or bereavement counselling you can give expression to your feelings so they become less intense, implement strategies to manage difficult emotions, plan ahead to cope with grief triggers like anniversaries, birthdays and milestones. You will also learn to feel more settled and grounded and experience an improved level of physical well being.

Change is the only constant in life. At every stage of life, it invites you to grow and develop the potential that lies within you.

Transitioning from the known to the unknown is a challenging and stressful experience, frequently bringing to the surface a multitude of conflicting and unexplained emotions.

How successfully you make any transition is reliant upon how well resourced you are emotionally, psychologically, socially, physically and materially. The stress that change brings can strip you of some of these resources so that you end up feeling abandoned and fearful of failure.

Sudden changes and life transitions can leave you feeling lost, overwhelmed, angry and in despair. Some common life transitions that can be stressful include:

• Changes in your relationship status, including loss, separation or divorce.

• Marrying, forming a new relationship or becoming a step-parent.

• Stress due to the challenges of being a new parent.

• Empty nest syndrome where you and your partner are suddenly alone.

• Difficulty adjusting to a new city, culture or environment.

• Worry about getting older and feeling increasingly alone and isolated.

• Sudden or chronic physical or mental illness.

• The death of someone close to you or the loss of a loved one.

• Loss of employment or a change in your working situation.

• Loss of your financial security or savings.

Our transition focused counselling will assist you to:

• Let go of unhelpful beliefs and former coping strategies so you feel free again.

• Develop new skills so you can deal with life’s ups and downs.

• Create more meaningful relationships that give you pleasure and joy.

• Come to terms with difficult issues so you feel calm and content.

• Learn to feel grounded and steady even when you environment is unstable.

• Develop a deeper purpose in your life so you leap out of bed in the mornings.

• Accept yourself for who you really are so you can form meaningful connections with others.

• Live with integrity and be true to yourself so you can sleep peacefully at night.