Common Concerns
There are many reasons that people seek help from a psychologist. Just as you go see an accountant to get help with your tax, a personal trainer to get help getting fit, people come to see psychologist to improve their mental health. Some of the common reasons people come include:
Anxiety and worry
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
Grief and loss
Low self esteem
Coping with life transitions – retirement, redundancy, becoming a parent, empty nest…
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Phobias (fear of flying, spiders etc)
Childhood behavioural and emotional difficulties including separation anxiety, children coping with parent divorce or separation, autism spectrum support, OCD and oppositional and defiant behaviour and self harm
Parenting and relationship difficulties (with parents, partners, friends or siblings)
Couple counselling
Personality disorders
Psychosis
Suicidal feelings