Isn’t seeing a counsellor just a sign of “weakness”?

It’s just the opposite. Deciding to explore your problems is an intelligent, adult, responsible approach. It is much more likely to work than deciding to sit on a problem, or stick to old ways of dealing with it that don’t really help any more. A “stiff upper lip” is no way to deal in the long run with a problem that is seriously affecting you when you could do something instead to really change things.

And counselling is often about hard work. It is about real commitment, in terms of time, money, courage, and energy.