You’ve Been Carrying a Lot. You Don’t Have to Carry It Alone.
Supporting you through life’s Challenges
Sometimes life becomes too much to carry on your own.
You can get used to carrying a lot.
I’m Chris, a person-centred counsellor based on the Shropshire–Powys border.
For many years, I was used to being the person who got things done. Running businesses, managing people, dealing with problems and taking responsibility can teach you to keep going, even when things are difficult.
But sometimes, carrying everything starts to take its toll.
It might be work. Pressure at home. A relationship. Money. Losing someone. Something that happened years ago. Or something that you haven’t really had the chance to deal with.
Sometimes it’s not one particular thing. You just know that something has changed.
You might feel more stressed, frustrated, distant, overwhelmed or simply not quite yourself anymore. You keep doing what you have always done, but it doesn’t seem to work in the same way.
And eventually there can be a moment when you think:
“Something isn’t right. I need to do something about it.”
I believe that moment is important.
Counselling isn’t about someone telling you what to do or telling you how you should feel. It’s about having somewhere you can talk honestly, without judgement, and take some time to understand what is happening for you.
As a person-centred counsellor, I’ll listen to you and work with you at your pace. We can look at what’s happening now, what has happened in the past and how it may be affecting the person you are today.
Sometimes we need to make sense of what we’ve been through.
Sometimes we need to put down some of what we’ve been carrying.
And sometimes we need to find our way back to a sense of who we are.
You don’t need to know exactly what’s wrong before you come to counselling.
You don’t even need to have the right words.
You just need to feel that something needs to change.
I’m here to help you explore what that might mean for you.
Sophie Dines
Why You Don’t Have to Carry It Alone
1. Because something doesn’t feel right
You might not know exactly what it is. You may simply feel different, more tired, more stressed or not quite yourself. Sometimes recognising that something has changed is enough reason to stop and take notice
Because you’ve been carrying it for long enough
You’ve probably managed things on your own for a long time. You may have got used to pushing things down, getting on with it and carrying on. But you don’t have to keep carrying everything by yourself.
Because what happened to you can still affect you
Sometimes something from the past catches up with us when we least expect it. A loss, a difficult experience or something you’ve never really had the opportunity to talk about can surface when life gives you the space to finally look at it.
Because you can lose sight of yourself
When life becomes about work, responsibilities, family and getting through the next day, it’s easy to lose touch with what you need and who you are underneath it all. Counselling gives you time and space to reconnect with yourself.
Because moving forward doesn’t mean forgetting where you’ve been
You don’t have to erase the past or become someone different. Sometimes moving forward starts with understanding what you’ve been carrying, making sense of what has happened and finding a way to feel more like yourself again.