Pre-Wedding Counselling

Weddings are stressful. There’s no getting away from the fact, but wedding stress can actually be fun at times. There are so many things to organise, but when you find the perfect stationery, cake, or dress, the feeling of everything coming together somehow makes up for it.

Often, though, people have other things going on in their lives, and these things don’t go away just because wedding stress is starting to mount. Everyone wants to enjoy their wedding day, but for many people there can be huge anxiety around the fact that this just does not seem possible.

If you suffer with depression or anxiety there can be concerns around whether you are going to be able to have a “good day” on the day of your wedding, or whether your symptoms will get the better of you.

Weddings can be very emotional at the best of times, but if you have suffered a bereavement this can also impact on your day, as questions over what the deceased would think and do can be overwhelming, and “what if…?” takes over when your mind should mostly be on happier things.

There are other issues, such as low self-esteem, anger problems, body-image issues, trauma, relationship or family issues, etc that can also cause huge anxiety in the run up to a wedding.

Counselling can help in two ways. First, it can help you to deal with your problems, by helping you to develop coping strategies to use on the day, and in the run up to the wedding. But most importantly it can also help you discover the root of these problems, and by dealing with the cause of the problem, reduce or even eliminate the symptoms.

Please see “About Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy” for more details about my therapeutic approach, and “My Services” for details of prices, etc.