Steve Briggs

The Southsea Centre For Complimentary Medicine 25 Osbourne Road Southsea Portsmouth Hampshire PO5 3ND View map	Consulting Room The Old Tea House 44 High West Street Dorchester Dorest DT1 1UT View map
02392 874748 / 07761336391 http://www.stevebriggs.org Click here to Email me

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Client centred counselling is a warm, caring approach to problem solving and healing. This way of working is gentle and non-judgmental, supportive but deeply effective; most often bringing about lasting and positive results.
It can be difficult for people to express themselves openly to those closest to them. I offer a safe place to explore and talk in confidence knowing that what you say and feel will be respected.

You may be troubled by something in the past or present. The way you feel may interfere with your everyday life and relationships, stopping you reaching your full potential. Be who you really are. Counselling can resolve traumatic past events and help you gain greater self awareness, resilience and self worth.

I am an experienced and qualified Psychotherapist with an Advanced Diploma in Client Centred Counselling who has an ongoing commitment to training and Personal Growth. I respect the BACP codes of ethics. I have worked for many years, with adults and young people in Private Practice, the Voluntary Sector and as a Counsellor within the NHS Primary Care Service. I work creatively in a way that suits each individual.

My intention is to listen, understand and to help you come to greater understanding of your unique world, your circumstances and how you can move forward.

I believe in the uniqueness of each individual; having a deep personal commitment to all aspects of equal opportunity and a respect for diversity.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Advanced Diploma Person Centred Counselling (BACP Accred Course)
Diploma in Counselling Level III
Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
BSc Hons (Majoring Social History)
BA (Majoring Health Studies)
Diploma Health & Social Welfare
Diploma Applied Social Science

Long established private pratice working with individuals and couples
NHS Primary Care Counsellor
Creator and facilitator of Training Programmes including; basic counselling skills, confidence and asertiveness workshops and sexuality and gender issues
Theraputic work in secure unit for young offenders
Young persons advocacy/family group conferencing
Supervision
Group work
Consultancy

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Abuse
• Addiction(s)
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Alcohol Dependence
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
• Bullying
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Dementia
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Domestic Violence
• Drug Abuse
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Abuse
• Gender Identity
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Postnatal Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Suicide, Confidence & Assertiveness

Therapies Offered

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

I offer a £15 assessment session for us to meet and for you to decide if I am the right therapist for you.

My fees are then £40 per one hour session.

For couple counselling there is a £20 assessment session

My fees are then £60 per one hour session.

Further Information

If you would like more information about me please visit my website:Steve Briggs

Client's Feedback

I have been Steve's client for 2 years during my son's terminal illness and subsequent death. Steve throughout has been sensitive, empathic and caring. Having lost my only son at 24 years of age my counselling sessions with Steve have supported me through dark days and total heartbreak. Steve's professionalism, gentle challenges and consistency have helped me to somehow move forward towards the light.
CL

Hi Steve, I just wanted to get in touch to thank you for all your help and support during my time in counselling. I had no idea what to expect and was very nervous, but you soon put me at ease. You made me feel very comfortable and this allowed me to voice all the worries and stress that I had bottled up for a long time. You helped me to discover for myself what was causing all my stress and anxiety and how to deal with it in my own way. You did not judge me or try to tell me what I should do, but let me use you as a sounding board and then make my own decisions. I feel that I know myself better and am a more rounded and confident person since coming for counselling with you! Thank you again for everything. Best wishes
S

Dear Steve
I just wanted to say thank you for the help I've had from you in my counselling sessions. The understanding and empathy you have shown to me through my difficut times have made an enormous difference. You have a way of seeming to understand what I have been feeling and I felt very relaxed in your company and able to tell you my innermost thoughts without judgement. Thank you.
Regards
J

Dear Steve
I thought I would drop you a line of thanks as my life has moved into a different phase. I am now comfortable with being happy for the first time in a long time. Our counselling sessions are largely responsible for making me more open to happiness.
We both know I will never fully recover from the tragic blow dealt to me but I am finding ways of living with it. I hope all is well with you. Please feel free to share this message for others to read if it will serve any useful purpose.
Best Wishes
CW

When I began working with a counsellor I realised very quickly, that the majority of my problems stemmed from a deep rooted lack of self-esteem, and this was causing self destructive behaviour, including alcohol and substance abuse.
Understanding this enabled me to begin to challenge my own behaviour and thought patterns and to realise that I do have worth.
This is a long and at times painful process, but one ultimately leading to a fuller life, and a life lived less fearfully.
A

Hi Steve,
I just wanted to send you a quick e-mail to say thanks for all the help so far. Our sessions are so useful. So far they have helped me realize what I've needed to realize and have been thinking about for a long time. It was time to face up to it too. Knowing what I know now from our sessions, it's all a great realization. Thank you for your help Steve.
C

Steve thanks for all your exeptional support through the difficult times. Keep doing things your way. It works.
CE

Steve I want to thank you for helping me face and come to terms with some painfull past issues and and start living so much more at peace in the present. Your warmth and sense of humour will always stay with me, thank you so much.
E

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