What is Counselling

Counselling is the process of helping individuals, couples, and families work through challenging issues, find ways to cope better with struggles, and bring about positive changes.

Counselling helps

Individuals to

Develop coping strategies to deal with mental health issues.
Explore personal resources to overcome challenges.

Couples to

Resolve conflicts and repair relational wounds gently.
Make informed decision whether to stay in a marriage or end it amicably.

Families to

Enhance attachment for strong parent-child or family relationships.
Co-create solutions and resolve problems together.

Counselling Services we provide

Individual Psychotherapy
Pre-Marital and Marriage Preparation

Pre-marriage counselling helps couples prepare for marriage by addressing key areas such as communication, conflict resolution, values, and expectations. It provides a safe space for partners to strengthen their emotional connection, explore potential challenges, and build a foundation of trust and mutual understanding before entering marriage.
Children & Youth Counselling

Counselling for children and youth provides young clients with a nurturing environment to express themselves freely, understand their emotions, and build resilience. Our counsellors use age-appropriate approaches such as play, art, and talk therapy to help children manage emotional, social, or academic difficulties.
Marriage and Couple Counselling

Couple counselling supports partners in understanding each other’s perspectives, improving communication, and resolving conflicts constructively. Counsellors help couples identify patterns that may be affecting their relationship and guide them in rebuilding trust, deepening intimacy, and fostering long-term harmony.
Family Counselling

Family counselling focuses on strengthening family dynamics by improving communication, resolving conflicts, and rebuilding emotional connections. It helps family members understand each other’s needs and perspectives, co-create practical solutions, and nurture a supportive home environment where everyone feels heard and valued.
Counselling for Depression

Counselling for depression helps individuals recognise and work through feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or loss of motivation. Counsellors use evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help clients understand their emotional triggers, develop coping mechanisms, and rediscover a sense of purpose and balance.
Counselling for Anxiety

Counselling for anxiety provides the tools and techniques needed to manage excessive worry, fear, or tension that interferes with daily functioning. Trained professionals will help clients identify triggers, challenge unhelpful thought patterns, and learn calming strategies such as mindfulness and relaxation techniques to restore emotional stability and control.
Addiction (Substance & Behavioural) Issues
Grief Counselling

Grief counselling provides emotional support for individuals coping with the loss of a loved one, relationship, or significant life change. Clients will be guided through the natural stages of grief, helping them process complex emotions, find acceptance, and eventually rediscover meaning and hope in life.
Trauma-Focused Therapy

Trauma-focused therapy helps individuals recover from distressing experiences by processing painful memories in a safe and supportive environment. Evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), or somatic approaches may be used to help clients rebuild emotional safety, trust, and resilience.
Adult Counselling

Adult and individual counselling provides personalised emotional support for those who are managing stress, career transitions, or relationship challenges. Counsellors work collaboratively with clients to explore life goals, strengthen self-awareness, and promote overall mental and emotional wellness.
Separation and Divorce Counselling

Separation and divorce counselling helps individuals and couples navigate the emotional, practical, and relational challenges of ending a partnership. It provides a compassionate space to process grief, make informed decisions, and adjust to new life circumstances with clarity and strength.

Our Service Assurance

To ensure our clients benefit from counselling, EMCC has integrated Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) into our counselling practice since 2013. FIT is a transtheoretical, evidence-based approach to monitor counselling effectiveness by using measures to actively solicit clients’ feedback on the progress and quality of the therapeutic relationship.