Counselling & Psychotherapy Services
Sessions Available In-Person, Virtually & On the Phone
Sometimes life gets messy and overwhelming. Stress, work, relationship issues, grief, loss, health issues, anxiety, feeling low are things we can all experience at times. Sometimes those around us don’t offer us the support we need, or we worry we would burden them or be judged by them if we opened up about our problems. Counselling and Psychotherapy can be a way of helping us through life’s twists and turns and can help to work towards ways of living in more satisfying and resourceful ways.
Both Counselling & Psychotherapy come under the umbrella of talking therapies. Counselling usually refers to shorter-term support for clients experiencing a specific difficulty, as psychotherapy is usually more longer-term for clients experiencing deeper psychological difficulties.
Whether you would like counselling or psychotherapy, this is a safe space for you to share what has been troubling you and for us to work together to explore that further. The aim of therapy is for you to expand your understanding and gain greater insight into how you see the problems you are facing. My role is to tailor my work to your needs and together find strategies that may be most effective and helpful for you. My hope is also to build a good therapeutic relationship with you by providing a safe, empathic, non-judgmental space for you to feel able to address the issues bringing you to therapy. Therapy enables you to explore issues that may be getting in the way of you achieving your long-term goals.
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Counselling approaches that may be used include
Integrative Counselling
Integrative counselling looks at the whole person, taking into account your mental, physical and emotional needs. Your therapist will use techniques and tools from different modalities to tailor an individual approach for you.
An integrative counsellor aims to build a trusting and non-judgmental relationship that helps you develop self-awareness. When you understand the causes of your concerns or triggers for your behaviour, you can confidently set goals and develop new behaviours to improve your satisfaction with life.
(BACP)
Psychodynamic Therapy
The psychodynamic approach is derived from psychoanalysis, but focuses on immediate problems to try to provide a quicker solution.
It stresses the importance of the unconscious and past experience in shaping current behaviour. A therapist will aim to build an accepting and trusting relationship, encouraging you to talk about your childhood relationships with your parents and other significant people. It also uses similar techniques to psychotherapy, including free association, interpretation and especially transference, where feelings you experienced in previous significant relationships are projected onto the therapist.
(BACP)
Person-centred Therapy
Person or client-centred therapy is based on the view that everyone has the capacity and desire for personal growth and change, given the right conditions. Rather than being seen as the expert and directing the therapy, the counsellor offers unconditional positive regard, empathy and congruence to help you come to terms with any negative feelings and to change and develop in your own way.
(BACP)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
CBT aims to help you change the way you think (cognitive) and what you do (behaviour). Rather than looking at past causes, it focuses on current problems and practical solutions to help you feel better now.
The way we think about situations affects the way we feel and behave. If we view a situation negatively, we may experience negative emotions and feelings which lead us to behave in an unhelpful way. Your therapist will help you identify and challenge any negative thinking so you can deal with situations better and behave in a more positive way.
(BACP)
Cost of Appointment
I offer individual counselling to adults, young people and children.
Cost of individual session: £50
Cost of 1.5 session: £75 (available on request).
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A limited number of concessionary sessions are available for students, unemployed/low income and OAPs, on request.
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If you have affordability concerns a concessionary rate may be arranged,
please get in touch.
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I offer an optional 15-minute free consultation phone call at point of initial enquiry, before any commitment to sessions. This could be online if you prefer.
Why not get in touch to discuss how counselling can help you?