Counselling can provide you with tools and strategies to understand and manage your anxiety. I use evidence-based approaches, such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), to help identify and challenge irrational or negative thought patterns. Relaxation techniques, coping strategies, and problem-solving skills will help you address the root causes of their anxiety and develop healthier responses to stressors.
Life and wellbeing coaching can help you achieve a balanced and fulfilling life. Exploring and aligning with your core values can enhance your overall quality of life. It supports you to overcome challenges, set meaningful goals, and develop healthy habits. Addressing limiting beliefs and improving self-care, coaching empowers you to create positive change, leading to a life that promotes physical and mental well-being.
Compassionate support to identify underlying issues and build healthy coping strategies enabling a more positive perspective on life. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), helps to identify and change negative thought patterns contributing to depression. Additionally, addressing relationship issues and improving social support can play a significant role in alleviating depressive symptoms.
Grief and bereavement are normal experiences however they can also be isolating and confusing. Counselling can provide you with a safe and supportive environment to express your feelings, which may include sadness, anger, guilt, and confusion. Your grief and loss are personal and unique to you. Counselling can help you to process your loss, and re-establish healthy coping mechanisms for healing.
Counselling can be extremely effective in helping manage and reduce panic attacks. We’ll work together to understand what’s behind them and how to spot the early signs. Identifying ways of coping, like breathing techniques or grounding exercises, so you can start feeling more in control when panic hits. The aim is to help you feel calmer and more confident in your everyday life, with fewer and less intense panic attacks over time.
These losses can be incredibly isolating and can result in a range of complex feelings such as anxiety, hopelessness, guilt, anger, and sadness. I will seek to provide you with the crucial emotional support and a safe space to process the grief and complex emotions following pregnancy or infancy loss. Counselling can offer a safe place to navigate your feelings, helping to restore hope and find your path towards healing.
As a Trauma specialist (CCTP), I use a trauma-informed approach to support and empower you to regain a sense of control and reduce the distressing symptoms such as anxiety, flashbacks, and hypervigilance. Counselling can help you build resilience, develop healthier coping mechanisms, and develop self-compassion and crucially can facilitate transformation and personal growth.
Reducing the impact of shame whether it stems from past experiences, self-perceptions, or societal pressures. Counselling can help you to clarify and reassess your beliefs about yourself, resolve inner conflicts, and develop a healthier sense of identity and increase your self-worth. Working on values and understanding boundaries are essential elements of overcoming the negative & debilitating aspects shame.
Supporting you as you navigate your spiritual journey by providing a safe and non-judgmental space to clarify beliefs, resolve inner conflicts, and find a sense of peace and fulfilment. Counselling can be crucial following spiritual abuse, facilitating healing by processing traumatic experiences, rebuilding trust in your spiritual beliefs, and empowering you to move forward on a path of healing and growth.
I have a calm, comfortable, and private room. Free parking is available. There are two steps at the entrance of the property, and my room is on the ground floor.
I will send a link to my secure web room. No software to download. Sessions can be online every week or can be occasional if you are unable to attend an in-person session.
Telephone counselling provides an opportunity to explore a personal difficulty without the need to travel. We can arrange a one-off telephone session if needed.