Mairi Travis MBACP

Alresford Hampshire SO24 View map
01420 562765 / 0795 186 3353 Click here to Email me

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Are you facing personal difficulties? Perhaps you feel sharing this with someone impartial might help you make sense of things. Together we can work towards a better understanding of whats going on in your life and those around you, and help you move forwards with confidence.

Lots of people use counselling to help them through difficulties in their lives such as depression, helplessness,anxiety, anger or family matters, or specific times such as a bereavement or relationship breakdown. Sometimes the hardest part is to pluck up the courage to seek out support.  And it can be difficult to talk to people we know.

The way I work is by developing a special therapeutic relationship where you might feel able to explore and reflect on what is going on for you in a secure, non-judgemental, confidential  environment.
  It can be a relief to find someone who actually tries to understand what is going on for you, as well as helping you to make sense of things. Getting more in touch with what you're experiencing safely can help you deal with problems better, without the threat of strong feelings overwhelming you. In turn, this may empower you to see choices where before you might have felt there weren't any.

Training, Qualifications & Experience

BSc ( Psychology)
FdA Integrative psychotherapy
BA(Hons) Humanistic Counselling
MBACP

As well as a thriving private practice, where the work is extremly varied, I have worked for several years in an agency funded by Hampshire County Council which provides counselling to young adults and teenagers.   I love this work and have great success with clients in their teens and twenties.

I have also given my service to a hospice for some years, where I work with those who have lost a loved one, as well as with the terminally ill. Even here it is common to find relationship difficulties stretching back into childhood, or other issues resurfacing at this time.

You can see that I  have wide experience of clients of all ages with varied and multiple concerns. I draw on a wide range of theoretical approaches depending on what we find works for us together. I can therefore offer both long term psychotherapy and solution focussed shorter term counselling support.

Areas of counselling I deal with

• Abortion
• Affairs and Betrayals
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Career Counselling
• Child Related Issues
• Couples Counselling
• Depression
• 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
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Pre-nuptial Counselling
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Relationship Issues
• Self Harm
• Separation and Divorce
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Issues
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Trauma
• Work Related Issues

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Loneliness and isolation, despair
Mid life crisis, existential fears,
Sexual abuse, incest

Suicidal thoughts
Panic attacks   

Teenager specific issues
eg friendships, pressure, futures, exams, perfectionism,sibling rivalry, family distress, divorce, sex, pointlessness,

Parenting.
Overinvolvment and letting go, seperation and divorce.

Therapies Offered

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

• Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic
  - Psychodynamic Therapy

• Humanistic Therapies
  - Person-Centred Counselling
  - Transpersonal Psychology
  - Psychosynthesis

• Other Therapies
  - Integrative

Fees

Individual appointments (day or evening) are an hour long and are open to anyone from the age of 12 upwards. I have some Saturday morning appointments.

My fees are £40 per session. Payment can be made after each session, or if you prefer, at the end of each calender month.


Discount for students may be available.

Further Information

The rural setting of my practice means we have quiet confidentiality within easy reach of Basingstoke, Alton, Alresford, Farham and Winchester.

I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and use their ethical code of practice as a framework for my work.

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