My mission is to help people believe in themselves and create more fulfilling, balanced, and happier lives. I have over 25 years of experience helping people through marital problems, depression, anxiety, and difficult relationships.
Read moreCounselling involves helping you to clarify your needs, identify your values and focus on your strengths.
Counselling can help you in the following ways:
We will assist you in identifying obstacles to your success and happiness and encourage you to implement changes in your life. We will support you in creating a better life for yourself.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, unable to sleep, nausea, agitated? Sometimes the way we deal with life challenges makes us feel worse
Read moreWeather trough the heaviest years in your child’s life. Unresolved natural responses we all have to threats in the world can be physical, emotional and perceived
Read moreA long-term happy relationship is something that most of us long for, but all too often we are at a loss as to how to create the relationship we want
Read moreWithin each person lies resilient potentiality. We humans have an amazing ability to adapt, makes changes and grow while dealing with difficulties. Through mindful awareness people are able to identify alternative ways of viewing themselves and others, and intrinsic healthy self care emerges. The process of counselling facilities the development of new beliefs that create healthier neurological pathways in the brain. This enables people to disengage from old habits of thinking, and develop more positive ways of living.
Unlike a psychologist, the terms counsellor or therapist are not regulated and anyone can say that they practice counselling or therapy with no legal ramifications; They do not need to have any education or experience!
Many insurance companies require a registered psychologist for counselling and therapy to insure high quality training. Counselling and therapy are best used to describe the process in which the goals is to assist people in making positive changes within themselves and in their lives.
* We have been helping people lead happier, healthier lives for over 40 years
** Compassionate Counselling was formerly A.G. Scott Barros and Associates