What is counselling?
Counselling is a safe space for people to explore their feelings without judgement and shame. A counsellors role is to facilitate that space to help a client process what they feel they need to bring, and work with them to discover new ways of being out in the world. The theraputic relationship is a collaborative one, meaning both client and counsellor working together to make sense of what the client is bringing to the sessions in a transparent and congruent way.
What is Gestalt Counselling?
It’s a type of Counselling that considers you as your whole self and explores how past events and experiences are impacting you in the here and now.
I work with imagery, metaphor and creative matierals, which can be useful when words don’t come easily and it can help to bring new things into your awareness.
I will be there with you in your process to help explore these feelings without judgement or expectation.
‘Gestalt’ is working in there ‘here and now’ and considers a person to be “more than the sum of its parts”, meaning it considers people holistically in full acceptance of what makes them as a whole person.
It may be that this way of working is not what you feel you need, and that is ok. Everyone is different and acceptance of self is part of the counselling process. We will work together to establish what works best for you, and is something we start to explore from our very first session.
Areas I work in:
Abortion
Affairs and betrayls
Anger management
Anxiety
Behaviour problems
Bereavement
Bullying
Carer support
Children’s Counselling
Childhood bereavement
Childhood bullying
Children’s learning difficulties
Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
Chronic pain
Depression
Depression and anxiety in children
Disabilities
Discrimination
Dissociation
Domestic violence
Emotional abuse
Family issues
Feeling sad
Generalised anxiety disorder
Health anxiety
High sensitivity
Infertility
Learning difficulties
LGBTQIA+ Counselling
Loneliness
Low self-confidence
Low self-esteem
Miscarriage
Panic attacks
Phobias
Pregnancy and birth
Relationship problems
Season affective disorder
Self-harm
Separation and divorce
Smoking
Social anxiety
Spirituality
Stress
Suicidal thoughts
Trauma
Work-related stress
Young carers
Am I the right counsellor for you?
It’s important to me that any client, whether that be yourself or your child, feel comfortable with me. I offer a free 30 minute consultation via phone, Zoom or in your home (dependant on location) in which we will explore what you may want to bring to counselling, how I work and what we can both expect from eachother should we start working together. It’s also a good opportunity for you or your child to ask me any questions.