Are you feeling jealous and insecure in your relationship? Are anxious thoughts coming between you and your partner? Don’t worry – there’s a way out of these feelings.
As a counsellor, I help many people with relationship problems. Feelings of jealousy and insecurity are very common, so you’re not alone in thinking this way.
How can counselling help with jealousy and insecurity?
I utilise a blend of therapies to help with these issues.
Firstly, counselling provides you with a safe, private space to talk about your feelings. Usually when you have a problem you might talk to your friends, your family, or your partner – but in this case you might feel ashamed or embarrassed to admit your thoughts to people in your inner circle.
This is why it can be a relief to talk to a professional who doesn’t know anything about you, and who won’t judge.
When you finally speak your thoughts out loud things can feel a lot clearer than when they’re hidden away inside your head. I will listen carefully and give you my perspective on it too, and between us we can start to make sense of what’s going on for you.
I often utilise ‘CBT’, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, to help you clarify what you’re thinking, and start to challenge any thoughts that might not seem to come from the most rational of places.
I also find that NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is excellent at changing those irrational chaotic thoughts to ones that are more coherent.
If you’re open to it, we can also draw upon Hypnotherapy to ease your mind to a more confident, secure place, gently dipping under the surface to work though any subconscious beliefs that may be fuelling your thoughts of jealousy and insecurity.
Together, we can get you to a place where you can feel safe in your relationship, with positive thoughts about the future.