by Westmeria Counselling | Nov 4, 2025 | Counselling
I have always been curious about human behaviour. I dipped my toes in to the counselling study waters years ago, by enrolling in an introductory counselling course at my local adult education centre. Becoming a counsellor was never part of the plan, but the subject...
by Westmeria Counselling | Mar 6, 2025 | Counselling
I began my counselling journey in 2017 in which I tested the water with the introduction to counselling 10-week course through LSEC colleges. I didn’t know what to expect but knew I loved helping people and had volunteered in a mentoring capacity and thoroughly...
by Westmeria Counselling | Sep 1, 2021 | Counselling, Depression, Mental Health, self-care, Stress, Wellbeing
Have you ever had a thought of “I wish I couldn’t wake up? I can’t face it anymore!”. I had, but it was a temporary feeling of low mood with no intension to end my life. I consider myself the lucky one who was able to share my thoughts about difficulties of certain...
by Westmeria Counselling | Apr 27, 2021 | College, Counselling, Training
I had some feedback from one of my students recently regarding the CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in therapeutic counselling course she is studying on. It said: ‘Compared to my previous college I view this to be the Oxford/Cambridge equivalent of college courses and I feel...
by Westmeria Counselling | Aug 3, 2020 | College, Counselling, Training
We are very proud to have just completed our 6th year of delivering counselling training… and what a year it has been. Despite the challenging and uncertain times of recent months, we are very proud to have kept our training courses going, which has been no small...
by Westmeria Counselling | Jun 17, 2020 | Counselling, Depression, Training, Volunterring
Volunteers’ Week takes place 1 – 7 June every year. It’s a chance to celebrate and say thank you to all volunteers out there. However, you might be forgiven for asking, ‘why do people volunteer their time for nothing?’ Calvin Holbrook, writing for...
