Wellness Interventions

Wellness refers to the maximizing of human potential through positive life-style choices. Wellness requires one to view the challenge of living in a manner consistent with achieving positive results. This holistic paradigm is my philosophical base for counselling and development. It provides guidelines for intervention and at the same time emphasises the uniqueness of this approach as a counselling and development professional to mental health concerns. I advocate a wellness paradigm rather than the illness-oriented medical model as being most reflective of my profession. I facilitate the client to become the responsible agent for what goes well or poorly in their life.

I believe that well-being is a matter of personal responsibility. It takes preparation, skill, determination - and the outcomes, like the results of the best contests, are never assured or certain. But 'He who prepares surely has the edge.'

While psychology and psychiatry and may help us understand our problems and needs, only we ourselves can resolve them. I try to show a client how to improve the quality of their experience, not just their thoughts. This is a way to counter the effects of our less than fortunate experiences of yesterday.

I OFFER:
Remedies rather than Explanations
Solutions rather than Descriptions
Most of us have been taught how we developed our emotional problems - and most of us still have them