Counselling

We often face situations in our lives when it seems there is no solution to our crisis, challenge or problem. It appears that there is no possible way to make progress.

Adventist Counselling Services (ACS)

Chatting with someone who genuinely cares about your challenges and troubles and who is trained to help you discover possible solutions is often all that is required. Our counsellors are available to help you discover options, possibilities and to explore solutions. They are professionally trained.

Adventist Counselling Services is a non-profit community service agency which is available to anyone. Although based on the Christian ethic for clients from a different orientation the Service provides high quality professional help regardless of religion, lifestyle, sex or race.

Why do people seek Counsellors?

Conflict and critical decisions need to be made Counselling is not simply for people who are in crisis and unable to cope. Individuals, couples, families, schools and corporations seek help when they experience:

Changes individually, in the family or corporately
A struggle to discover meaning for life
Relationship issues
Problems which dominate and are overwhelming
A need to improve the quality of their relationships
The desire to build a new life
The need to overcome a difficult childhood
Career dissatisfaction

Relationships/Marriage Preparation

PREPARATION for couples planning to marry – stimulates greater understanding and discussion between couples with an emphasis on communication and conflict resolution skills and the things that make individuals different from each other.

Plan on 10-12 hours of pre-marriage counselling and preparation.

ANALYSIS using Taylor-Johnston Temperament Analysis for pre-marriage preparation.

ENRICHMENT for married couples is aimed at making good relationships even better.