Grief & Anticipatory Grief
Grief and loss can impact your whole way of being, and can cause emotional, physical, and psychological mental health concerns. The grieving process can last for weeks, months, or even years, and can create feelings of exhaustion, isolation, and disconnection. Your thoughts and feelings may be difficult to understand. You may feel unable to explain this to yourself or others. This can create misunderstandings, unhelpful opinions, judgement, or advice. You may be told “it's time to move on” “stop living in the past” “you now need to move forward”. There may be comparisons by those who have also experienced the grief process. Conversations or reflections of your situation, may feel unwelcome to others, repetitive, or uncomfortable as time goes by. 
In the counselling room, you can talk openly, and honestly about your grief ,and how you feel it is impacting your daily life, and way of being. It’s a space and time for you to reminisce, reflect on the experience, and consider how you would like to be supported. Sometimes we just need to talk to someone who is not part of the story, who can actively listen without judgement, opinions, or advice. Your grief at all times is unique and personal to you, and your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, are always valid and real.
Communication
Effective communication can create connection, understanding, and confidence in collaboration. Our life experiences can determine how open, confident, and willing we are, to express our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, to others.  If our previous experiences of trying to communicate have been met with a negative or unhelpful response. We may begin to internalise our thoughts and feelings, for weeks, months, or even years. This can cause frustration, anger, helplessness, and feelings of being  alone, or misunderstood.
In the counselling room, you are supported and listened to as you begin to unravel your thoughts and feelings, in a space and time that meets your needs. You may not know what to say or how to say it, and that's ok - together we will find a way.
    Relationships
Healthy relationships can create connection, effective communication, mutual respect, and understanding. They can be in many forms, blended or biological, family, acquaintances, co-workers, and personal relationships, such as sexual or platonic. Counselling can support you to understand relationship dynamics, and how our familiar patterns of relating (who we are and why)shape who we choose, and how we behave in relationships.
In the counselling room, your past or present situation can be discussed and reflected upon, and are met with empathy understanding respect and no judgement.
  Neurodiversity
Understanding the signs, symptoms, and core concepts can be both liberating and emotional. This new self-realisation that  you’re your way of being is simply who you are, can become complex or confusing to explain to those who are unfamiliar with neurodiversity.There may have been long-term masking thoughts and feelings,  internalising emotions, or intrusive thoughts. 
In the counselling room  this can cause feelings of frustration, anger, or potential regret at missed opportunities of accessing educational, practical, or emotional support or guidance. You are given the time, space and opportunity to reflect on your previous and past experiences.
Stress (including high functioning) 
Stress can be felt in many different scenarios and situations, and can impact our well-being and daily lives. If our situation continues long term without support, stress can become overwhelming and high functioning. You may feel isolated, exhausted, overwhelmed, feeling solely responsible for carrying too much.
In the counselling room there is a moment in time just for you, to pause and  breathe. You can explain how you are feeling and why, and how and who you would like to be moving forwards.