Counselling

I offer a free introductory session for us to meet to discuss your issues, concerns, aims and decide whether or not we would be able to work well together.

A typical counselling session lasts for 50 minutes (the counselling hour).

I charge £50 per session for individuals.

I charge £70 per session for couples.

Lower fees are negotiable on request.

Person-centred counselling works from the belief system that the individual has, at his or her core, the need or drive to develop, change and improve as best they can. I firmly believe that given the right circumstances a person can fulfil any number of their possibilities in life. Counselling offers a safe environment for the person to grow but also to come to terms with and find acceptance of parts of their self. This means that as a therapist I will offer you acceptance, empathy, warmth and understanding and a place where you will not be judged. This will be true no matter what issues you choose to bring.

All information you bring is kept strictly confidential and I adhere to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) ethical codes and standards of practice.

Where appropriate, or where requested, I can also employ some more directive techniques and ways of working from Transactional Analysis (TA), Gestalt Therapy and some Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approaches; which clients may find helpful. I also offer psychoeducation where appropriate.

I believe that person-centred therapy works well with all manner of presenting issues but I have knowledge and interest in helping those who present with concerns related to:

• Abuse
• Affairs & Betrayals
• Alienation
• Anger
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Aspergers Couples
• Aspergers Syndrome
• Autism
• Bereavement
• Betrayal
• Breakdown
• Bullying
• Careers
• Carers
• Cognitive
• Communication
• Confidence
• Couples
• Debt
• Depression
• Disability
• Distress
• Divorce
• Emotional Abuse
• Emotional Breakdown
• Emotions
• Family Life
• Grief
• Hope
• Learning Difficulties
• Learning Disability
• Loneliness
• Loss
• Low Self Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Men's Issues
• Nervousness
• Panic Disorder
• Parenting
• Redundancy
• Relationships
• Sadness
• Separation
• Stress
• Trauma
• Unhappy
• Work Related Issues
• Work Related Stress
• Worry
• Young People's Issues

This list is not exhaustive; I offer a free introductory session for us to meet to discuss your issues, concerns and aims and see whether we will be able to work well together.