Why counselling
Counselling can provide you with the space to be yourself, to work through your thoughts and feelings safely, to talk and to really be heard, in confidence.
Counselling might be worth considering if you are struggling with things such as loss and bereavement; relationship, self-esteem and confidence issues; sadness, depression, loneliness, anxiety; mental health, stress; self-harm; work or study; addiction and gender/sexuality.
Whatever you have to bring is welcomed, without judgement. Talking and sharing may help you make better sense of things.
How it works
Counselling isn’t always easy. It may be hard to talk about things, especially if they’ve not been spoken about before, or if they’ve been covered up for a long time. Sometimes it’s hard to make sense of what you’re feeling, let alone explain, but that’s ok. After sessions, you could feel emotional, but equally, you could feel lighter and like a weight’s been lifted from you. Making the first step to decide to come for counselling is a brave start.
Make contact
If you’re thinking you’d like counselling sessions, please contact me.
Understandably, you may be nervous, unsure what to expect, or anxious about what
counselling may involve, but hopefully talking to me may help alleviate any worries.
Meet up
We’ll meet up for an initial session, to talk through where you are, where you’d
ideally like to be and what you’d like to be different. This is a chance for me to learn
more about you and you can think about whether you’d like to work with me and in
what way. For counselling to really be effective, you need to find someone you feel
comfortable with; someone you can trust and open up to and it needs to be the
right time for you.
Begin counselling
There’s no obligation to continue with counselling after an initial session, but if you
feel you’d like to, we can then book sessions at times to suit you. Each session
lasts for 55 minutes and the number of sessions can vary according to what
you’d like to work through.