Julia Ziewe B.A. (Hons) Advanced Diploma In Counselling and Therapy, MBACP

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As a qualified, experienced counsellor I provide a safe, warm and confidential environment to work together and address your difficulties.

Are you feeling 'stuck,' depressed generally, following a bereavement perhaps? Do you feel angry or lacking in confidence or a 'sense of yourself' ? The counselling process will help you to stop and focus on the ways in which you may have been dealing with your life and find more effective and happier ways of being yourself.

Whatever brings you to counselling now, I will provide the space and the time you need to clarify your thoughts and feelings and recognize if you are repeating problematic patterns. Counselling offers you the chance to examine and question your beliefs and fears, and find out what you need to feel better and move on with your life.

It is an opportunity to express your feelings, be listened to uncritically, heard and encouraged to make positive changes.

My training is Integrative and I draw on the therapeutic approach which corresponds and is most fitting to each individual as counselling progresses. My approach is one of non-judgemental respect, offering you unconditional acceptance of your own ‘response-ability’ - you choose whether or not you feel ready, or wish, to change.

Led by you, we may explore your past experiences to help you gain insight, perspective and begin the process of letting go of undermining influences as you achieve more effective and fulfilling 'ways of being' in the present. We might look at gentle strategies you might decide to employ as part of a different approach to your relationships, etc. You might want to use some sessions to plan for your future.

The counselling relationship plays a key part in this healing, empowering process, building or boosting hope, courage, self-esteem and self-belief. It can lead to improved relationships, and understanding of yourself and others, a fuller participation in life, a new sense of direction - and, ultimately, a greater expression of your true self.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Therapy

RSA Certificate in Counselling Skills in the Development of Learning

Certificate 101 - Institute of Transactional Analysis

BA (Hons) English

Primary Care Mental Healthline Operator

General counselling, caring and learning support experience over many years and currently in private and voluntary sectors including:

CRUSE Bereavement Service Counsellor

Visually Impaired Group Facilitator

Victims Support Worker

Homeless Support Worker

Emotional Support for Carers Counsellor

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abuse
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Child Related Issues
• Dementia
• Depression
• Disabilities
• Emotional Abuse
• Family Issues
• Generalised Anxiety
• Low Self-Confidence
• Low Self-Esteem
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Smoking
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Work Related Issues

Therapies Offered

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

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Gestalt Therapy
  - Transactional Analysis
  - Transpersonal Psychology
  - Existential Therapy

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative
  - Art Therapy/Art Psychotherapy

Fees

Initial 60 minute assessment session £20
Subsequent 50 minute sessions £30 (offered on a weekly basis)

Further Information

• If you have difficulty with stairs or use a wheelchair alternative venues can be arranged

• Counselling sessions are available weekdays and some evenings.

• As well as being near bus and train routes there is good free available parking.

I appreciate it can be difficult to pick up the phone to speak to a counsellor directly so please do not hesitate to leave a message by email and I will aim to reply within 24 hours.

Member of Organisation

Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists (MBACP).

Member Organisation(s)

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