Welcome to a better life

In this new surreal and difficult time many people will be experiencing a lot of stress and anxiety. Talking to an experienced counsellor/therapist in total confidence can help.

My services have moved online to keep us all safe during the pandemic.

Counselling platforms offered are Zoom, Skype, video calls and telephone counselling. With the offer of moving to face to face counselling when it is safe to do so or continue your choice of online counselling.

Walk and talk counselling may also be available in a socially distanced way, depending on the government guidelines at the time.

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Services that I offer

Change your life for the better

We can’t always control the situation we are in, but we can change in the way we respond to the stressors in our lives and start to spend more time feeling better. Counselling can help you to choose to react in a different way so you can get through the challenges life throws at you without feeling so stressed, or so anxious, or so afraid. Such changes can’t happen overnight, but with the right help they can happen.

Counselling & Psychotherapy

Counselling and psychotherapy offer a supportive relationship to help with issues you are struggling with. This allows you to talk in a confidential and supportive environment to trained professional who is not involved in your personal life.

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is a said to be a form of alternative medicine. It creates a state of focussed attention and increases suggestibility during which issues can be addressed. It is advisable to only go to qualified and experienced professionals for hypnotherapy sessions.

Life Coaching

Life coaching is a solution focussed approach to personal development and helps people to make lasting changes in their lives.

Confidence Building

It can sometimes be hard to feel confident in yourself and believe in your abilities.

Confidence coaching can help you to make long lasting changes to successfully maintain your confidence, even when things don’t go as planned.

Stress and Anxiety Management

Stress and anxiety management is one of my specialist areas. Stress and anxiety problems are quite common. We can’t avoid stress in our lives, and everyone has things they get anxious about.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness has been proven to have both psychological and health benefits.

I combine some traditional ancient Eastern practices with psychology and neuroscience to bring you some simple techniques that you can acquire

I have extensive experience working with the following areas:

Anxiety

Stress

Survivors of Abuse and Trauma

Relationships

Work-related Problems

Parenting Issues

Adoption Issues

Young People – including stress of studying and other issues faced by students

Counselling and coaching actors, artists, dancers, musicians, singers and writers

Public speaking anxiety including anxiety about speaking up in meetings

Confidence and self-esteem coaching for performances, auditions, exams etc.

The issues I provide counselling in include:

Abuse survivors

Adoption Issues

Anxiety

Assertiveness

Bereavement

Breakups

Bullying

Career 

Carer support

Childhood Abuse

Communicating effectively with others

Learning difficulties

Loneliness

Loss

Low confidence

Low self esteem

Depression

Disability

Driving anxiety

Education stress

Exam and study stress

Family issues

Guilt

Miscarriage

Panic

Parenting Issues

Performance anxiety

Phobias

Post-natal depression

Post-traumatic stress

Public speaking anxiety including anxiety about speaking up in meetings

Redundancy

Relationship Issues

Sadness

Separation and divorce

Social anxiety

Stress

Trauma

Work-related stress

Worry

Young People issues

Supporting you for good mental health through Covid-19.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a shock to all our systems. It is a scary and traumatic experience for us, bringing with it many different types of losses and many new stressors, anxieties, fears, and maybe feelings of grief, frustration and anger.

Counselling/ psychotherapy gives you a safe supportive environment to help you to work through and process these feelings.