Holistic Counselling uses an integrative approach to healing the mind, while supporting the client's spiritual health in the process. A health professional specialising in this discipline takes into account the client's life experience, emotional health, and the effects of their behaviours and circumstances to understand the root of the problem within psychological and spiritual contexts.

Holistic therapies approach disease and disorders as parts of a greater whole. Rather than treating just the symptoms, a holistic practitioner looks deeper and tries to uncover underlying causes. Holistic counsellors look at the interconnectedness of the body, mind and spirit to help facilitate wellness.

These and many other techniques are employed, but the emphasis in holistic counselling is always on facilitating self discovery and self healing. Holistic counsellors often say that they enter into a partnership with a client and assist them in accessing their own inner wisdom rather than imparting wisdom or acting as if they know more about the client's life. 

Holistic counselling can be used alongside conventional treatments or as a stand-alone treatment for a mental health condition. It does not have any harmful effects, but instead it relieves the adverse effects of standard medications and improves the quality of life. Holistic counsellors can address an array of mental and emotional health problems that eventually affect the physical body when left untreated such as depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and suicidal thoughts among others.

Holistic counselling may help you achieve:

• Greater self awareness and self acceptance

• A more peaceful, centred approach to life    

• Greater health and vitality

• Emotional well being

• A deepened sense of spirituality

• A greater ability to cope with traumas such as death, divorce and abuse

• An enhanced feeling of optimism and self esteem

Holistic counselling is a gentle and compassionate form of therapy that may help you help yourself when you feel the need for support or assistance. When you find a counsellor you trust and who resonates with you, it may be the beginning of a remarkable journey of self discovery.

(Resource naturaltherapypages.com)