This document provides information about confidential counselling services offered by Gail Churney. It discusses that mental health is similar to physical health and can change over one's life. Counselling allows a person to talk about problems and feelings with a counsellor who will listen empathetically. The counselling process provides support through structured dialogue. Counselling with Gail Churney is confidential, accepting, welcoming, non-judgemental and safe. The length of counselling depends on the issues but can last from an initial assessment to multiple sessions over years. The aims of counselling are to build resilience, develop coping strategies, explore distress, and promote wellbeing and emotional health. Students who have received counselling report improved eating, sleeping,

1. THE CONDIFENTIAL
COUNSELLOR
gailchurney@sky.com
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2. Being Mentally Healthy
We all have mental health, like we all
have physical health. Both change
throughout our lives. And, like our
bodies, our minds can become unwell
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3. “What do you do in Counselling?”
• You may be unsure about something or
somebody; Anxious, upset or confused
• Counselling is a type of talking therapy that
allows a person to talk about their problems
and feelings
• A counsellor will listen with empathy (by
putting themselves in your shoes)
• Help deal with negative thoughts and feelings
• The counselling process is a planned
structured dialogue between counsellor and
client giving support and develop your own
insights into the issues
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4. What is Counselling?
As a qualified counsellor I am …….
Confidential Accepting Welcoming
Non-
Judgemental
Safe
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5. CONTRACT OF COUNSELLING
• Counselling is always at the request of the individual –
no one can properly be “sent” for counselling
• Depending on the issues that are brought will depend
on the length of time a student will have counselling –
from an initial assessment to many sessions – even
over a period of years.
• This is about YOU – YOU lead; YOU choose
counselling
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6. Aims of Counselling
Resilience
By building up
techniques
Positive
Changes
Healthy
ways of
coping
Developing
different
strategies
Explore
Distress
Positive
emotional
wellbeing
Using listening
skills and
empathy to
understand
Student Led
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7. Wellbeing
Wellbeing is not just the absence of
disease or illness. It is a complex
combination of a person's physical,
mental, emotional and social health
factors. Wellbeing is linked to how you
feel about yourself and your life.
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8. Student’s evaluation of counselling
• “Thank you for helping me to solve my personal
issues”
• “I am eating and sleeping better – thank you”
• “I can’t explain how much you being there and
listening helped me – but just thank you!”
• “You’ve literally been my hero!”
• “You’ve saved my life” “I can see things from a
different perspective now”
• “You’ve made a difference to how
I cope”
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9. How is it accessible?
• Email me at gailchurney@sky.com
• Or Call me on 07947 011710
• Set up an appointment to meet at a
mutually convenient time
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2015