Trish Boyton

Welcome to No Labels Counselling and Coaching

Hello. I provide accredited counselling and coaching in the Norwich area.

We all have times of stress, when life events can seem 'overwhelming; it’s not always easy to tell our friends and family how we feel, and self help books don’t always lead to the happiness and mental wellbeing we seek.

When we present with problems we tend to get labelled by well meaning practitioners looking for a diagnosis. A diagnosis helps them to decide what is the best treatment for us. But many of the problems that we have are a result of being human not of having a disease and therefore 'diagnosis' may not always be appropriate.

Labels are often used as a sort of shorthand for categorizing information and communicating with others. At times this type of shorthand is useful; providing any labels are very specifically defined communications can be speeded up.

The trouble is that we think we have a shared understanding of what that label means, however we each have different interpretations depending on our individual experiences.

Our behaviour also tends to be labeled; often people generalise our actions as being who we are.When someone sees us behaving in a particular way there is a tendency for them to generalise this action into being who we are, for example he/she is an angry person. This can lead to interactions with others which are fixed rather than flexible.

Our mission at no labels is to see beyond the labels you have given yourself or have been given to you, and to work along side you to reach the outcomes you set for yourself.

Our belief is that each individual is unique and has many of the resources within themselves to reach their full potential and to be seen for who they are.

It may be that things are generally going well for you, however you would like to ‘fine tune’ certain areas of your life. Coaching and mentoring are useful processes to check out where you are at and to identify where you are aiming for as well as providing ongoing support and encouragement as you move forward towards the goals you set yourself.

Please contact me if you have any further questions and to arrange a consultation.