Many organisations and individuals now offer help in the form of counselling. Counselling attempts to help people resolve their issues and concerns by talking them through with a trained Counsellor or Therapist. This process enables ‘clients’ to gain a better awareness and understanding of their difficulties and to explore possible changes they may make to improve their circumstances. Different counsellors/therapists adopt different methods based on different theories. These may range from a psychodynamic to behavioural approach.

The client normally meets with a counsellor on a regular basis. At Relate this would be once each week. Special arrangements can be made for those working shift patterns.