How I can Help - Individuals
Therapy can help you understand the complex range of emotions surrounding difficult and painful events and experiences and support you to find your way through. These events and experiences could include:
Abuses
This includes emotional, physical and sexual abuse which may impact on all areas of your life causing deep distress.
Addictions
Including drugs, alcohol, food, gambling and sex.
Anxiety
Anxiety includes racing thoughts, catastrophising, intense and persistent worry/fear and panic attacks. Physical manifestations of anxiety may be an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, sleep issues and digestive problems.
Bereavement and Loss
This can involve close family members, friends and pets. It may also include the impact from loss of health, job, status or relationship.
Bullying
This is a form of abuse,can occur at any age and can relate to events from earlier in your life . It also includes cyber-bullying.
Depression
Depression can feel overwhelming and lonely. There is no single cause and you do not need to have been formally diagnosed to seek therapy. It can be triggered by stressful events, both past and present, hormonal issues, bereavement and illness.
Illness
Suffering from a long-term or terminal illness or coping with the illness of a loved one can feel overwhelming.
Loneliness
For most of us having meaningful connections and relationships with others is vital to our physical and mental wellbeing. Without these we can experience depression, and other mental health issues.
Pregnancy Related Issues
These may include miscarriage, infertility, abortion, birth trauma and postnatal/postpartum depression.
This includes emotional, physical and sexual abuse which may impact on all areas of your life causing deep distress.
Addictions
Including drugs, alcohol, food, gambling and sex.
Anxiety
Anxiety includes racing thoughts, catastrophising, intense and persistent worry/fear and panic attacks. Physical manifestations of anxiety may be an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, sleep issues and digestive problems.
Bereavement and Loss
This can involve close family members, friends and pets. It may also include the impact from loss of health, job, status or relationship.
Bullying
This is a form of abuse,can occur at any age and can relate to events from earlier in your life . It also includes cyber-bullying.
Depression
Depression can feel overwhelming and lonely. There is no single cause and you do not need to have been formally diagnosed to seek therapy. It can be triggered by stressful events, both past and present, hormonal issues, bereavement and illness.
Illness
Suffering from a long-term or terminal illness or coping with the illness of a loved one can feel overwhelming.
Loneliness
For most of us having meaningful connections and relationships with others is vital to our physical and mental wellbeing. Without these we can experience depression, and other mental health issues.
Pregnancy Related Issues
These may include miscarriage, infertility, abortion, birth trauma and postnatal/postpartum depression.
Relationships
These include wide ranging relationship difficulties within families (including parents, children and siblings), with your partner such as divorce, separation and betrayals and also work relationships and friends.
Self-Esteem
Low self-esteem may include feelings of worthlessness and not being good enough. It may impact the way we take care of ourselves.
Self-Harm
This can be the result of dealing with very painful underlying emotional causes from the present and past.
Stress
Stress often begins with pressure from ourselves or others in both our private and work lives and can have an emotional, mental and physical impact on our well-being.
Suicidal Feelings
These include wide ranging relationship difficulties within families (including parents, children and siblings), with your partner such as divorce, separation and betrayals and also work relationships and friends.
Self-Esteem
Low self-esteem may include feelings of worthlessness and not being good enough. It may impact the way we take care of ourselves.
Self-Harm
This can be the result of dealing with very painful underlying emotional causes from the present and past.
Stress
Stress often begins with pressure from ourselves or others in both our private and work lives and can have an emotional, mental and physical impact on our well-being.
Suicidal Feelings
If you are feeling very low and have thoughts about ending your own life or are preoccupied with feeling others would be better off without you, therapy can help you understand why you are feeling like you do and support you in coping with these feelings that may be overwhelming you. Therapy will need to be in addition to medical support.
If you need immediate help and are unable to keep yourself safe, please call 999 or go to A&E or ask someone else to call or take you, if possible. If you want to talk to someone please call the Samaritans on 116 123.
Trauma
Trauma can be caused by single or multiple events. The effects of trauma can last years after the event and causes may include bereavement, accident, abuse, neglect, relational breakdown and experiencing violence. Trauma is not just the event itself but is how our body responds to it, meaning we can continue to live as if the event(s) are still happening.
Other
You may not necessarily be able to identify or label your problem but may feel sad and generally unhappy or you may wish to gain personal insight or understanding of yourself.
If you need immediate help and are unable to keep yourself safe, please call 999 or go to A&E or ask someone else to call or take you, if possible. If you want to talk to someone please call the Samaritans on 116 123.
Trauma
Trauma can be caused by single or multiple events. The effects of trauma can last years after the event and causes may include bereavement, accident, abuse, neglect, relational breakdown and experiencing violence. Trauma is not just the event itself but is how our body responds to it, meaning we can continue to live as if the event(s) are still happening.
Other
You may not necessarily be able to identify or label your problem but may feel sad and generally unhappy or you may wish to gain personal insight or understanding of yourself.
How I can Help - Couples
Relationship or couples’ counselling focuses on improving communication and resolving issues within an intimate relationship and I welcome couples of any sexual orientation and gender.
Relationships rarely exist without conflict and if they begin to falter, our happiness and wellbeing can be affected.
Relationship problems I can help you with include:
- Affairs or betrayals
- Arguments and communication difficulties
- Trust issues
- Sexual issues
- Family conflict
- Life changes
- Separation
- Drifting apart
- Money issues
- Arguments and communication difficulties
- Trust issues
- Sexual issues
- Family conflict
- Life changes
- Separation
- Drifting apart
- Money issues
Our work will begin with a 75 minute joint assessment session where I will take some practical details and we will start looking at the issues or problems you are experiencing, what you want to change and how you might begin to bring about that change. This will be followed by individual assessments lasting 50 minutes. Our ongoing work may involve both joint and individual therapy sessions.
Couples in Crisis
I offer intensive weekend therapy sessions to couples who feel they are in urgent need of support and may feel on the point of separation. These sessions are subject to availability. Please get in touch for further details. Price will depend on the level of support we all agree you need.
Couples in Crisis
I offer intensive weekend therapy sessions to couples who feel they are in urgent need of support and may feel on the point of separation. These sessions are subject to availability. Please get in touch for further details. Price will depend on the level of support we all agree you need.
"I am not in this world to live up
to other people's expectations"
Fritz Perls
to other people's expectations"
Fritz Perls
