"Stepping into your power"

[TheSillyBalonz]

So I've recently started counselling after some life events have really affected my mental health. Think one thing after another. My counsellor said I need to "step in to my power". My question is how does one step into their power? How do you build back the confidence you once had? How do you deal with the anxiety that's now replaced the once level mind? Being your authentic self - I don't even know where to start from with this one. Any advice is greatly appreciated?

Unfortunately a therapist using this kind of jargon without explaining clear, concrete steps and strategies is all hot air, as many are.
I was attacked at work and accessed the psychologist available in house and she spewed similar nonsense - in my case about needing to radiate confidence. As it happens I'm usually a very self confident person and was only vulnerable at the psychologist's appointment because I believed it was a safe space to unburden myself of the way the attack shook me up. The banal, generic and empty nonsense the psychologist offered instead of anything useful just meant I cancelled my follow up appointment by email and dealt with things myself.

If you need the input from counselling or therapy tey to find a better one, who will actually offer concrete strategies instead of hot air. Choose an approach that will work for you - they all use different methods and won't necessarily be capable of switching to a method that better suits you.

CBT offers clear methods and is more practical than talking therapies (talking therapies often make things worse).

I get that, I'm not really on board with the way she poses questions. It was only my second session so im going to do a couple more than make my mind up. She wasnt wrong though with saying I need to get my confidence back etc it just would have been useful if we could have discussed that a bit more, but its only an hour session and I have A LOT to talk about.

Your counselor sounds a bit rubbish. Here's one concrete tip from me: every time you do something well write it on a list. Read it back from time to time.