Struggling with confidence?
Having confidence means believing in yourself and your abilities. People who feel confident trust that they have control in their own lives.
It doesn’t necessarily mean that they know how to do everything or that events won’t be problematic. But confidence means that you feel you have the resources to cope with, and manage, challenges as well as take advantage of opportunities.
Some of our clients come to us because they have never been confident. Others feel a loss of the confidence they had in the past. This can seem absolute or in a particular aspect of their lives that is important to them.
The absence of confidence can affect a person’s health and wellbeing. It tends to shrink their world and prevent them from engaging in the ways that they would wish.
Becoming More Confident
Learned competence
Confidence is not a simple matter of something we have and can maintain without a lot of ongoing effort. We are not born with all the knowledge and skills we will need, but as we grow, we learn to do things for ourselves. Confidence is an outcome of this learning. The more we do, the more confident we generally get.
The impact of others
Confidence doesn’t just come from within. The feedback we get from those around us has a huge impact on our confidence too. Beginning with parents this group will expand to include teachers, friends, colleagues, and sometimes complete strangers. How they respond to us can build, prevent or erode confidence.
Losing confidence
If we experience difficulty in our relationships, routine activities, or as a result of a sudden event, we can quickly become unsure of ourselves. This can start the process of self-doubt and sometimes we fall into a space where we begin to avoid doing the things we want to do, with people we want to be with.
Negative Self-Talk
Negative self-talk involves internal criticism, where you berate yourself for mistakes or perceived flaws. This harmful habit can erode self-esteem, foster anxiety and depression, and hinder personal growth by creating a cycle of doubt and negativity. It's important to learn to switch off to negative self-talk.
How Wellbeing Counselling Works
Counselling and talking therapy is offered in a confidential and compassionate space. We will walk beside you as you explore how your experiences impact your confidence and self-esteem.
With your therapist, you can spend time understanding the thoughts, beliefs, and values that contribute to your lack of confidence. Once addressed, you can start to work on the aspects that you feel are contributing to your self-doubt.
We will work with you to set realistic goals that you want to achieve for your self-confidence, and over the course of a few weeks, you will see things change.
This process helps you regain a sense of control, enabling you to manage your confidence levels and better cope with the challenges of daily life.
Start today by booking a discovery session to explore how goal-based Wellbeing Counselling can help you build your confidence.
The road to Improvement
Self-Scoring Test
Clients are asked to regularly self score their confidence on a wellbeing test.
Addressing Wellbeing Goals
During your sessions with an Ease Therapist you will discuss your wellbeing concerns, and work through issues to address them and achieve goals you set out for yourself.
Seeing the results
Over 90% of clients notice a significant change in their test results within just 6 weeks of engaging with our Wellbeing Counselling programme.
Join the academy
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The Mind Meaning Wellbeing Academy contains self-help training and workshops to help you understand life’s challenges and deal with them head-on.
BOOK TALKING THERAPY
No Waiting List.
Starts with an easy going assessment session with one of our therapists. This is your chance to be heard, and for us to find out how we can help you.
Sessions cost £65. You will be sent a payment link to pay before the session starts and then provided with a video meeting link.
If you have pre-booking questions, please use the enquiry form on our contact page.