Category: Support

Learning from change

Change Counsellors are always curious about changes. When clients are experiencing difficulties it is understandable that those issues dominate their thinking. A counsellor might ask about times when those issues were not present or times that they do not occur. For example, if a client states they argue about everything we might explore what sort

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relate dog

Why we might prefer our dog to our partner!

Self-care and animals We are known as a nation of animal lovers and although not everyone may fall into that category there are certainly plenty of pet owners. Unsurprisingly then that when we asked our staff a picture that summarises how they relax and manage self-care, the majority were of pets followed by some wildlife

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Self-care in the Autumn/Winter months – the power of nature Read more at Relate Mid and East Surrey

Self-care in the Autumn/Winter months – the power of nature

Today I\’ve been taking some time out of a stressful week for self-care. A walk in the rain & fresh air around #polesdonlacey #ranmorecommon #tannershatch with the beautiful Autumn colours, splashing in muddy puddles , breathing in the fresh air and eyes adjusting to natural light instead of a computer screen was all very medicinal.

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Top Ten Reasons For Couples Counselling

Top ten reasons for Couples Counselling

Top ten reasons why our clients come to Relate Mid and East Surrey for Couples Counselling Our recent research has shown that post counselling there were significant improvements experienced in all these areas, however the issues which couples noticed the greatest changes were communication (94% of cases), Managing conflict (93% of cases), my behaviour (86%

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Relationship Counselling Testimonial

“Our counsellor was very understanding to our needs and helped us overcome a very large barrier in our relationship. We needed that third person to reinstate the communication between us”