Gill Coleby

My name is Gill, I am an integrative NLP psychotherapist, relational counsellor, supervisor and trainer. I offer face to face and online short and long term therapy to adults and couples.

I believe therapy, whether it is counselling, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy or NLP is about empowering you to make choices and new ways of changing those things that can feel impossible and overwhelming.

There are many dynamic therapies that can help people change - as an integrative psychotherapist I have many tools and techniques but I have found the glue that make these changes “stick” is the kind of therapy where you can feel supported and heard in a confidential space. Whatever problems or stuck place you may be in, feeling the warmth and regard of another human being can really help you begin to learn to listen to your own needs and find ways of meeting these. Relational counselling means the process of therapy is internalised so the client has tools to take with them when they no longer need the therapy space.

My passion is enabling people to free themselves from old patterns that have kept them stuck, to develop the strength to make choices and be who they want to be. I absolutely believe that you can find a more realistic, beneficial and happier way to live your life as one whole, aware person.

I came into counselling during a really difficult time in my life, and found the support of a therapist really helped me make sense of the experiences I was having and understand who I was, why I behaved and felt the way I did and very importantly develop the strength to make the right choices for me. I hope I can offer a similar service for you.

I first qualified in 1993, and in 2000 I set up The Coleby Centre, which is a private therapy and counselling centre in Sidcup where different therapists run their practices.  The therapy centre is set up to be a welcoming, trusting and safe space. It is important to me that the environment helps you to begin to relax and feel more at ease to reflect on some of your more difficult thoughts and feelings.  Since the pandemic I have been working exclusively online from my home in Margate and as that has been working so well, for the forseeable future, I will continue to work online.  

I have experience of working with people who are:

• suffering with anxiety, stress or panic

• feeling dissatisfied with life; stuck, despairing or depressed

• feeling unable to stop unwanted habits and ways of behaving or thinking

• feeling empty, lonely, isolated or believing that no one could love you

• feeling that aspects of yourself are unacceptable or that you are worthless or wrong

• fearing that if people really knew you, they wouldn’t want to

• surviving a bereavement or loss and needing some help to get through

• preoccupied with fear of failure or feeling that you are not living up to your potential

• concerned about childhood memories or events that you can’t forget or shake off

• having work-related difficulties

• finding your relationships difficult, or despairing about ever making a healthy, lasting partnership

• having concerns about your sexuality or sexual orientation

• experiencing health problems, disabilities or a diagnosis that you feel unable to come to terms with

feeling out of control of your life or behaviour, not being the person you know you could be

Individuals - £75  60 minute sessions

Couples - £120  1 x 1/4 hour sessions

Supervision £70 per hourly session

Professional bodies & Affiliations

• Registered Member UKCP- United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy since 1997

• Accredited Member  NLPtCA - Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapy & Counselling Association since 1997

• Practising Fellow NACHP -National Association of Counsellors, Hypnotherapists & Psychotherapists since 1994

• Registered Member National Hypnotherapy Register, since 1995

• Member Complementary & Natural Health Care Council since 2012