Counselling

and Psychotherapy

Counselling

Counselling with me is an opportunity to share your views, feel heard, find new perspectives on your situation and experiences, gain clarity and work towards achieving your goals.

We can...


  • Discover your true feelings about what you have been through
  • Understand why they had an impact or what the long-term effects are
  • Replace difficult feelings with more positive emotions
  • Heal old wounds, repair patterns of relating and improve your current relationships
  • Integrate these experiences into your new way of being in a transformative way that makes a real difference to how you live your life

I use techniques from a variety of counselling approaches to provide support and tools to meet your needs. Elements from different theoretical perspectives are combined and tailored to your specific needs, preferences and circumstances.

Counselling

This approach addresses immediate concerns, providing support to focus on specific issues or crisis points in your life, such as bereavement, grief, or other forms of loss; changes in relationships or jobs; communication challenges; loss of direction in life; critical decision-making moments, and various other situations where trained support can be highly beneficial.

This approach centers on how you perceive yourself and the world around you, exploring how these perceptions influence your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. By increasing your self-awareness, it can help you reach your full potential..


Counseling takes place within a safe and trusting relationship, built on openness, acceptance, and clear boundaries. It's a space free from judgment, where you are accepted for who you are, with empathy for what you've experienced. The aim is to genuinely get to know you, so you can also come to know yourself in a self-compassionate and loving way.


You may be familiar with CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), which can be incorporated into counseling to help identify thought patterns and beliefs that may be driving negative behaviors and impacting your life. The primary goal of CBT is to enhance self-awareness, with the understanding that while you may not be able to change certain circumstances in your life, you can learn to shift your perception and reaction to them.

Psychotherapy

A deeper exploration over time may be needed to address deep-rooted issues that influence your relationship with yourself and others. This approach aims to uncover unconscious thoughts that may be unintentionally shaping your current behaviours, emotions, and perceptions. These underlying thoughts are often connected to unresolved or unaddressed experiences from childhood.

We explore how your unconscious thought processes and emotions, shaped by past personal relationships, influence your daily life. This focus helps to understand and address how these deep-seated patterns affect your current experiences and interactions.

We tackle this by exploring how past experiences have influenced your psychological and emotional development. This process is carried out within the secure and supportive framework of our therapeutic relationship. The strength of our relationship is key, as it creates a safe, non-judgmental space for you to examine your patterns and unconscious conflicts.

Through this work, we gain valuable insights and a deeper understanding, fostering greater self-awareness and personal growth.



My location

We can meet for sessions online or by telephone. NHS research and numerous studies have found online counselling to be just as effective as visiting a therapist face to face. Many people prefer online counselling because they find it gives them more flexibility and comfort.

Fees

Fees

Counselling: £75 (50-minute session plus a free 20-minute introduction)

Supervision: £95 (60-minute session / £120 - 90-minute session plus a free 20-minute introduction)

Insurance

I am a recognised healthcare professional providing counselling services for AXA, Allianz, Aviva, BUPA. Please enquire further.


Emergencies

If you feel as though you’re in crisis with your mental health:

  • Dial 111 and select the mental health option to speak to a trained mental health professional.

  • Dial 999 or attend your nearest A&E department if:
  • You have concerns about the safety of yourself or someone else
  • You have or could act on any suicidal thoughts

  • Make an urgent appointment with your GP if your mental health is getting worse and to discuss what support you need

If you need to talk to someone urgently, call The Samaritans on 116 123 or https://www.samaritans.org (open 24/7).

National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK, call 0800 689 5652 or https://www.spuk.org.uk

999 in case of emergency


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