In counselling the following issues are commonly addressed:
Depression:
Strong feelings of sadness without a necessary cause by a specific loss.
Anxiety:
the fear that something very wrong will happen accompanied by somatic symptoms of tension.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and avoidance after exposure to or the witnessing of a life threatening event.
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD):
This is characterised by spontaneous intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to perform irrational, time consuming behaviours.
Phobias
irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation causing compelling desire to avoid.
Panic Attacks:
Sudden intense apprehension, fearfulness, or terror, often associated with feelings of forthcoming disaster.
Anger management:
anger is a normal feeling caused by frustration. It is a survival mechanism that helps to boost physical and emotional energy. However it is a problem when it happens too often, is too intense, last too long, leads to aggression, or when it disrupts relationships. Therapy helps individuals to manage anger more effectively.
Shyness:
individual discomfort in interpersonal or social situations.
Grief and loss:
It is the sadness, loneliness that accompanies the loss of someone or something very meaningful to us.