Explore your concerns, feelings, and challenges to facilitate awareness, self-acceptance and change.
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Anxiety - Low mood - Depression - Bereavement and loss - Major life changes e.g. a diagnosis of ASD, ADHD, Cancer, a separation - Living with special / additional needs - Work issues and work stress - Relationship difficulties - Low self-esteem - Trauma from your past - Bullying - Complex family dynamics - Traumatic experiences
I am based in Southwest London and work online via Zoom with adults aged 18 or over. I can offer short-term therapy from a minimum 6 weeks or open-ended therapy for as long as you need. The choice is yours as to what will work best for you.
It's a talking therapy where you are supported to explore your concerns, feelings, challenges and past experiences to facilitate greater awareness, self-acceptance and personal growth.
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Click "Contact Me" and tell me a bit more about your concerns and how you hope I might help
This can be by telephone or Zoom and allows you to share why you are seeking support and to ask any questions you may have.
An initial 20 minute consultation can be followed by an initial 50 minute counselling session and at the end of this we can decide if we are a good fit. The therapeutic relationship is key to successful outcomes in counselling so it is important that we feel comfortable working together.
This way you can access therapy from a location that is convenient to you. Just ensure your space is confidential so that you can speak freely and without interruption. Telephone counselling is also an option.
If an issue is bothering you or you would just like to reflect on where you are in life right now with a non-judgemental, supportive professional then counselling is for you. You do not need to be going through a major bereavement, marriage break up or significant trauma to be deemed “worthy” or deserving of counselling; it is healthy to explore your life, experiences and patterns of behaviour to see if there is anything that be changed or tweaked to make your life even just a little more fulfilling and authentic.
Here’s a helpful article to read to help you decide and don’t hesitate to contact me for an initial discussion: http://ow.ly/vcLe30spklO
Counselling is unique in that the whole 50-minute session each week is given over to you – your issues, concerns, feelings, and experiences, unlike a conversation with a family member or friends where they will want to share their issues, feelings, and experiences as well. Friends and family can be judgemental and may want to give you advice or tell you exactly what to do. A counsellor will help you explore your issue with no judgement, warmth, and empathy to help you find your own way through as this builds emotional resilience and empowerment, leading you to place greater trust in yourself. You are best placed to know what is right for you.
Psychotherapy is a specific approach in counselling which places a large emphasis on looking back at your childhood and earliest life experiences to consider how these shape your current thought and behaviour patterns. It also looks at defence mechanisms you may have developed over time. Counselling may draw on psychodynamic approaches but may also use other counselling models as well in an integrative way to best meet the needs of the client. This is my approach and I am very much guided by what you need or works best for you.
Counselling may tap into deep and painful emotions and experiences that you have been holding on to, sometimes for many years. It can bring old wounds into the light which may feel difficult but research shows that being able to label and feel painful emotions helps us to heal, grow and move forwards so yes it could be that sessions may be painful and challenging at times, depending on the material you bring.
Just be honest and tell me. This way we can discuss why this might be and find the best way forward. It might open up a more honest conversation between us that helps us to move on or we may decide that a parting of ways or a referral onwards is the best step.
My key approach in counselling is a person-centred one, where the core belief is that a person knows what is best for them and can find a way through their difficulties if provided with the right conditions. These conditions are created in the counselling room, giving you the time, space, and confidence to explore issues with a supportive companion. I will not tell you what to do, but rather through exploration of the issues you bring, your way forward will become clearer to you.
As a client, the 50 minutes is entirely yours to bring any issues, concerns, past or present experiences and feelings that are troubling you. It’s usually a good idea to have a few issues in your mind that you want to explore during the session. See this helpful article for further information.