Alexandra Weir

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I am a qualified therapeutic counsellor and I work with a wide range of issues stemming from; depression, anxiety, self-esteem, relationship issues, bereavement, trauma and stress. I have experience in several counselling agencies and I work in private practice with adult clients. 

Sometimes we can feel really low and experience feelings of anxiety following a difficult time in our lives, or sometimes anxiety can plague us and we won't really understand why.  These feelings can impact our ability to function and can leave us feeling deeply alone and unhappy. Often withdrawal can feel like the easier option or we might try to cope by enlisting harmful behaviours which only leave us to continually feel wretched. Feelings of panic might also arise, at times that you'd least expect and pretending to be happy to those we care about can become exhausting. 

As a therapeutic counsellor, I believe that change can happen.  My aim will be to try to help you to turn your focus to what it is that you are experiencing. I will provide you with a neutral, consistent and safe place for you to explore, process and understand your feelings. Together we can try to uncover any underlying issues and identify your motivations, ultimately enabling change to take place in your life. Counselling might feel difficult at first, but I’d encourage you to look inward and to talk openly and honestly about how you feel.

I use an integrative approach to counselling and psychotherapy and this means that I will draw upon more than one theory throughout our work together.  This is because I believe that what works for one person in therapy may not be the best approach for someone else. The integrative model of counselling allows therapy to be flexible and adaptable in line with each client’s personal needs and expectations.  

You might find integrative therapy beneficial in the following ways:

• you can begin to understand more clearly what causes you to feel challenged in life,
• you can learn to recognise what triggers you into unhelpful behaviours and be supported in trying new, more productive ones, 
• you can begin to recognise limitations you’ve set on yourself and find ways to move beyond them,
• you can integrate all the different aspects of yourself (mind, body, emotions, social skills)
• you can set goals that lead you toward the life you feel happy about,
• you can begin to face your life in a more open, available, and less judgemental way.

Finding the right therapist can be a daunting task, the relationship between two people is paramount. I would encourage you to contact me and we can have an initial chat so that you can decide whether I am the right therapist for you.