Tricia St Clair

As a fully qualified and experienced counsellor with over ten years experience, I provide a quiet, non judgemental and confidential space in which we can explore the issues which concern you.  As an Accredited member of BACP, I am deeply committed to providing the best possible care for my clients, either face-to-face or via telephone counselling.

Sometimes it helps to be listened to, sometimes it is important to understand why things are the way they are.  You may feel 'stuck' and not know how to deal with a difficult issue. It could be that you are having difficulties with relationships with other people. You may have suffered a loss that you can't adjust to. Or, you may be unhappy for no apparent reason.

I offer long and short term counselling for individual adults, adolescents and children in Cullompton, mid-Devon. I also offer counselling supervision with concessions given to trainee counsellors.

Low-self esteem, relationship issues, bullying, abusive relationships, anger, anxiety - these are the most frequent types of issues I encounter in my work.

Listening is a fundamental part of counselling and psychotherapy, and I will listen to you; actively listen, giving feedback from time to time, guiding you to explore the problem you bring, allowing you to come to a new understanding of what is happening to you and why. There will be no rush, you can go at your own pace.

Counselling and pyschotherapy offers the opportunity to explore your past experiences and how they may be impacting on how your life is now. It may be that there is a repeating pattern of experience that has its roots in your early years. Whatever is back there can't be taken away, but some light might be shone on it and some understanding be found, that helps you to live in an easier way.

I won't offer you advice but I will help you to make decisions or discover what is underneath what is happening to you for yourself.

For those new to the area, Cullompton is a short drive from Tiverton, Wellington, Broadclyst, and Exeter, and within easy reach from Crediton and Honiton and Taunton

Telephone Counselling - For some face-to-face counselling is not possible - it may be too distressing, it may be that life circumstances prevent it, or it may not be possible due to geographical locations. Whatever the reason, telephone counselling may be the solution. Once a contract has been agreed outlining the way in which we will work together, you simply need to ring me at the allotted time and the session will begin. As with face-to-face counselling, a telephone counselling session will last for 50 minutes. Email or telephone me if you have specific questions.