– Weaving together the colours of our living –
Welcome to Highlands Counselling Launceston
Who can benefit from counselling?
Individual Counselling
Good counselling begins with the assumption that each of us has the tools within us to meet the life’s challenges. However, those tools often get covered over by layers of received misinformation. The task of the counsellor is to assist you out of those false stories that are not genuinely yours to a deeper, truer story of your own making.
Couples Counselling
Differences between partners are never the problem. The problem is the inability to talk about those differences without turning them into a heated argument or a silent stand-off.
Strategies will be offered to reduce conflict, to better understand yourself and your partner and to strengthen the emotional bond of your relationship.
Family Counselling
Family or group counselling aims to help each member to find a more comfortable space within the family. The key is listening. Learning to listen deeply to each other’s desires, hopes and fears creates mutual understanding and strengthens family bonds.
If you think I may be of help, I welcome you to contact me to find out more and/or to book a session.
Client Testimonials:
“Words cannot describe the help and support that David has provided me with. It has been an incredibly hard but rewarding journey. I have learnt so much about myself and feel very positive and a lot more resilient than I did 6 months ago.
I would highly recommend him as a therapist.”
— M. Griffith
“Seeing David on a regular basis has been priceless for me. With his help and understanding, I am becoming more aware of, and improving, certain behaviours and key areas of my life, that will definitely have a positive impact on myself in the future, and also my relationships with others.
I cannot thank David enough for his support and recommend him to everyone.”
— David Hummel
“A concern we have going to counselling for couples is whether the counsellor is able to remain neutral and objective with each person’s perspective and not be tempted or triggered to take sides. David succeeded in doing this consistently over weeks of sessions with the result that we made significant individual shifts that healed and re-enlivened our relationship.
We highly recommend his professional service.”
— Susanna Pearson & Thomas Goodman
J. and me left the consult with a freedom that we have never experienced before… WE CAN BE OURSELVES!!!!! I would recommend David Shapiro De Sole to anyone who has relationship issues."
— C. and J.
“A very wise man and a great counsellor.
I can highly recommend him.”
— Noel Ferguson
“David is a wonderful listener. He knows how to ask you the questions that will challenge you to learn about yourself and grow.”
— Robert Handley
"I have been a client of David’s for 2 years, and have found him to have a high degree of gentleness, respectfulness, sensitivity, sincerity and compassion. I have felt completely safe working with him, and have gained enormously in love and acceptance of myself. The underlying feeling from each session has been that of respect for whatever process I am going through – with no pressure to adopt any particular belief system or therapeutic technique. This has enabled me to find my own way of working – and with that trust in myself. I have discovered my own internal strength and wisdom.
I highly recommend David as a counselor and therapist.”
— Anonymous client