Phone: 0843 886 0400
Email: phil@pastoralcounselling.co.uk

Pastoral Counselling and Couples Counselling in Weston-super-Mare

I wonder what brought you here? You are very welcome.

Is there something you are searching for? Please feel free to explore.

Perhaps there is something on your mind, or there is a struggle going on within you or between you.

Perhaps you don’t feel at peace, either with each other, with yourself, with the world in general, or even with God.

Perhaps you would like to move forward in some way, or make a decision about something, but can’t see a clear path.

I wonder if you have considered counselling? If so, perhaps I could help with one-to-one Counselling or Couples Counselling in Weston-super-Mare (BS23) or Bristol (BS9).

Be that self which one truly is.
Soren Kierkegaard

Giving Yourself a Hard Time
September 30, 2019
If you think back over the past week, what were the things that didn’t go according to plan, or that went wrong? Were there mistakes you made, or perhaps a few ill-chosen words? And the $64,000 question – how did those things make you feel?
I suppose it’s as much to do with how you feel about yourself generally. If you’re a confident person you’ll know that because you’re a human being the potential for making mistakes exists, but that when these things happen you reflect on it and learn for the next time. And you’ll be growing in the process.
But what if you don’t feel positive about yourself? Expressions like ‘that’s typical of me’, ‘I always get it wrong’, or ‘I’m always putting my foot in it’ may strike a chord.
These are global expressions someone might use to describe themselves and are not to do with any isolated incident. You might have heard significant people in your life say these sort of things to you. If you have, these expressions can become what you believe about yourself.
However, your true self lies within. It needs the right conditions in which to grow. It needs to feel valued and welcome. That, in essence, is what counselling provides.