Read through these questions and if you find yourself answering yes to any of them it may be that counselling can help you in finding different, more helpful ways of living your life.

• Do you find yourself always putting the needs of others before your own?
• Do you have a good job, a happy marriage and children and yet still feel hollow inside?
• Do you find that you start projects with great conviction and energy but they always end up left unfinished?
• Are you continually being let down in your relationships by partners who become distant and cold?
• Do you find it almost unbearable when you make mistakes and that feelings of shame linger for days?
• Is your mother never satisfied with anything you do no matter how hard you try?
• Are you the person people dump their problems on but they never make time for you?
• Do you always have a sense that you have done something wrong and are about to be found out?
• Do you feel you don’t deserve to be happy?
• Do you not really believe that your partner can truly love you?
• Do you want your children to have a better childhood than you did even though you are convinced you had a normal upbringing?
• Do you often find yourself anxious for days on end without really knowing why?
• Do you need to do things to make yourself feel worthwhile?
• Do you eat until you feel nauseous but never feel really full?
• Do you hate your appearance and wish you were someone different?
• Do your achievements leave you feeling anxious and empty?