Counselling psychology examines human issues in a wider context promoting health, personal growth, diversity and equality. Counselling psychologists apply psychology and research-based techniques to working collaboratively across a diverse range of human problems. These include helping people manage difficult life events such as bereavement, past and present relationships and working with mental health issues and disorders. Counselling psychologists explore underlying issues and use an active collaborative relationship to empower people to consider change and to grow. 

Counselling psychologists are trained in a various types of psychological approaches that can be tailored to meet each person's needs. The aim is to reduce distress and suffering, enabling choice and promoting change. It is based on a confidential, non-judgemental and warm professional relationship with a genuine and caring professional. Counselling psychologists offer people a space for self discovery, to explore a particular problem or life situation, understand and manage feelings, thoughts, behaviours and patterns of behaviours. It does not involve giving advice or directing a client to take a course of action but it helps clients to have a more fulfilling and satisfying life.