Counselling is a sensitive process that can accomplish tremendous personal benefits, as well as potentially be difficult. It’s important to understand that the nature of counselling involves the disclosure of personal information which can be a painful, yet necessary process in achieving therapeutic goals. Your therapeutic goals may not necessarily be met in this process, and achieving your goals is not only dependent upon the competency of your counsellor, but upon your cooperation as well. Due to the sensitive nature of counselling, you may be allowing your emotional welfare to be vulnerable. However, you also stand to greatly benefit from counselling. Counselling serves to enhance self-awareness, achieve life goals, overcome personal obstacles, and promote harmonious personal relationships. Be aware that counselling may also affect other people in your life, (e.g. an increase in self-confidence may cause the people around you to treat you differently). Whatever the changes, Counselling seeks to help you manage these changes in interpersonal relationships as they arise. While recognizing the potential for change, an assessment of your emotional, physical, spiritual, and life experience is provided in a caring and nurturing environment.