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I am a fully qualified counsellor, and an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCS). My specialism is on the impacts of trauma, from events such as accidents, violence, childhood neglect, adult and childhood sexual abuse, sexual trauma, domestic abuse and emotional abuse. But I also work with clients with many other issues, including depression, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, bereavement, stress, trauma, relationship issues, eating problems and body image issues. In addition to extensive counselling training, I also have additional training and skills in working with trauma, childhood sexual abuse, shame, dissociation, narcissistic injury and issues around eating and body image. I offer a free initial 30 minute Zoom session to discuss your counselling needs and to establish whether we are a good fit to work together.
There are many ways of working, or 'modalities', in counselling. I work in an integrative way, which as the name suggests is a combined approach that brings together different elements of specific therapies. Integrative counselling takes the view that there is no single approach that can treat every client in all situations. Rather, each person deserves to be considered as an individual with a unique set of problems, and counselling techniques need to be tailored to your personal needs and circumstances. I work in a trauma-informed way with clients who have experienced trauma in their lives.
The different counselling styles I incorporate are:
Person Centred Counselling - An approach that aims to understand your experience from your unique perspective, focusing on developing a sense of personal power, identifying how you want to live your life and working towards achieving your goals.
Psychodynamic Counselling - An approach that helps to unravel and understand your deep-rooted feelings in order to resolve them by looking at past experiences and relationships and how they influence you in the present.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - An approach that looks at your thought, feeling and behaviour patterns, working together in sessions to change some of these to manage your problems.
I work with adults of all ages.
I have experience of working with issues including depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, low self-esteem, relationship problems, trauma, PTSD, childhood sexual abuse, sexual trauma & violence, domestic violence and abuse, and body image issues.
Counselling sessions are 50 minutes long and are £60 per session, payable on the day by bank transfer.
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