Individual Counselling

Welcome

Counselling provides you with a dedicated, confidential space in which to explore and discuss the issues in your life - past, present and future. It is a process of getting to know yourself better so that together we can work through the challenges you may be facing, bring more insight to your experiences, and create the opportunity for you to move forwards into a more meaningful, integrated, and healthy way of being. 

For example, you may want to address why you react in particular ways to certain situations, or seek to recognise your deeply embedded or subconscious thought processes, or wish to identify and release old patterns that no longer serve you. It is a journey that requires commitment and dedication.

Therapy is a process of understanding more about yourself 

 

You’ll begin by learning why you react in certain ways, how and why patterns have formed, and how to move forwards in a way that is more fulfilling.  It can take time to unpick patterns and thought processes that are often deeply embedded. 

We will work together to build a trusting partnership in which we embark on that journey together: you commit to showing up with consistency to do your inner work, and I will commit to creating a trustworthy, safe, and supportive environment in which to do it. I work at depth with clients, to support the insights and changes which can come through the therapeutic process and through your commitment to this work.

With both individual and couples counselling clients, I specialise in working with: 

  • Major life events, including starting or expanding your family, marriage, separation and divorce, career transitions, illness, bereavement and loss

  • Emotional challenges, including stress, anxiety, overwhelm, depression, attacks on your self esteem

  • Challenges with identity and purpose, including questions around life direction and meaning, feelings of despair, loneliness and isolation  

  • Damaging coping mechanisms, including addiction, self-harm, damaging eating behaviours, and issues with anger management

  • Pressures and challenges at home, including relationship problems, family worries and issues, finding a work-life balance

  • Pressures and challenges at work, including negotiating work relationships, low self-esteem and imposter syndrome, over-ambition, dissatisfaction and loss of meaning

  • Challenges facing professionals, including navigating competitive and / or male-dominated environments, building confidence, and developing leadership skills